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Jackson County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI053 · Jackson County 102 sys · 2,821 viol · #1784/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 70.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1784/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 102 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Portage County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jackson County ranks #1,784 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #47 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jackson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 70.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 19.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,784 of 3,254 · #47 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jackson County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Jackson County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Barron · near Portage · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 69.5% 70% 70.6% 70.7% 71.2% 95.3%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Black River Falls Waterworks 3,608 45 Detected
Brockway Sanitary Dist 1 2,692 31 -
WI DOT Rest Area 54 Westbound 2,200 17 -
WI DOT Rest Area 53 Eastbound 2,090 21 -
Melrose Mindoro United Campus 800 133 -
Merrillan Waterworks 531 112 -
Melrose Waterworks 524 22 -
Taylor Waterworks 498 122 -
Alma Center Waterworks 487 198 -
Hixton Waterworks 443 218 -
South Beaver Creek Lutheran Church 300 14 -
Jackson Co Wazee Lake Concession Building 300 0 -
Ncn New Addition 205 4 -
Jackson Co Lake Arbutus East 1 200 0 -
Jackson Co Lake Arbutus East-Showerhouse 200 12 -
Melrose Mindoro Vocational School 200 14 -
Black River Correctional Center 163 27 -
Jackson Co Lake Arbutus East - Back 90 Showerhouse 160 0 -
Paradise Pines Resort West 155 26 -
Paradise Pines Resort East 155 0 -
Arpin Cranberry Campground 154 1 -
McSweets RV Resort 104 0 -
WI DNR Brsf Pigeon Creek Cmpgd 100 59 -
North Bend Presbyterian Church 100 10 -
Jackson Co Lake Arbutus West 100 0 -
WI DNR Brsf Castle MD Cpgd 2 E 100 26 -
Millston Kwik Mart 100 0 -
New Hope Lutheran Church 100 21 -
Ncn North LLC Barn 100 11 -
Superior Fresh LLC 100 98 -
WI Christian Yth Cmp Great Hall 90 4 -
Blue Spruce Mobile Home Community 80 518 -
Community Christian Church 80 6 -
Handle Bar The 78 5 -
Jackson Co Lake Arbutus East - Hundreds Loop Well 75 0 -
Jackson Co Lake Arbutus East - Back 40 ATV Well 2 75 5 -
WI DNR Brsf Smrekar Trail 60 4 -
Jamies Last Resort LLC 60 0 -
Ncn North LLC Back Campground Well 60 27 -
McSweets Irish Pub 60 0 -
Northern Family Farms Mexicali Housing Well 60 0 -
Dollar General #24742 59 0 -
Badger Mining Corp Taylor Office 56 40 -
Homestead Nych 54 0 -
Northfield San Dist 1 50 29 -
WI Christian Yth Cmp Dining Hall & Nurse 50 6 -
WI DNR Brsf Pigeon Creek Pic 50 25 -
Trails End 50 41 -
WI DNR Brsf Indoor Group Cmpgd 50 31 -
Upper Pigeon Cr Luth Church 50 3 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Jackson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jackson County on flagged-system share (70.6%) and cumulative violation count (2,821). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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