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Jay County, Indiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN075 · Jay County 33 sys · 3,587 viol · #2123/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.4% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2123/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 33 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hamilton County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jay County ranks #2,123 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #75 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jay County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,123 of 3,254 · #75 of 92 in Indiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jay County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hendricks · lowest Elkhart · near Jay · this county Union · highest 84.9% 96.8% 96.8% 96.9% 97% 97% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Portland Municipal Water Plant 6,209 81 Clean
Dunkirk Water Department 2,305 28 -
Redkey Water Plant 1,323 1,081 -
Pennville Water Company 706 123 -
Holy Trinity Church 400 79 -
Bloomfield Elementary School 300 254 -
Fellowship Baptist Church 294 246 -
Paradise Pointe Campground (West Well) 140 20 -
Paradise Pointe Campground (East Well) 140 26 -
Portland Forge 137 10 -
Premier Ethanol Dba Poet Biorefining 130 6 -
Pak a Sak #85 101 88 -
Bryant Wesleyan Church 100 102 -
Union Chapel Church 100 49 -
New Beginnings Holiness Church 99 31 -
The Church at Westchester 84 38 -
The Waters of Dunkirk 75 168 -
Hoosier Pride Farms, LLC-Well #4 70 15 -
J Star Farms 60 8 -
Jinnys Cafe 55 38 -
Jay Creek Amish School 50 20 -
Limberlost Amish School 45 138 -
New Covenant Fellowship Church 40 44 -
Redeemer Lutheran Church 39 53 -
Bearcreek Parochial Amish School 35 112 -
Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc. 35 192 -
Jay County Retirement Center 35 219 -
Minnich - Ample 30 90 -
Minnich - Midland 30 90 -
Minnich - Limberlost 30 90 -
Fairview United Methodist Church 25 11 -
Loblolly Church Amish School 25 37 -
Bryant Park 25 0 -

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Jay County

Cross-state counties nearest Jay County on flagged-system share (97.0%) and cumulative violation count (3,587). 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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