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Josephine County, Oregon

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OR033 · Josephine County 152 sys · 11,657 viol · #836/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #836/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-LARGE 152 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Josephine County ranks #836 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 36 counties in Oregon. See methodology · corpus placement.

Josephine County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.0% 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 #836 of 3,254 · #14 of 36 in Oregon.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Josephine County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Polk · lowest Josephine · this county Jackson · near Wheeler · highest 86.2% 97.4% 98% 98.1% 98.6% 98.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Grants Pass, City Of 37,138 48 Clean
Rogue Community College 2,400 61 -
Cave Junction, City Of 2,160 167 -
Ote Manzanita Rest Area 1,200 79 -
Hidden Valley High 546 7 -
Lil Pantry Xpress Merlin 512 30 -
Galice Resort 500 309 -
Lincoln Savage Middle School 500 7 -
North Valley High 485 14 -
Allendale Elementary SD 7 475 14 -
Manzanita Elementary 465 30 -
Fleming Middle School 412 14 -
Kerby Water District 400 6 -
Hellgate River Lodge 400 156 -
Fort Vannoy Elementary 399 11 -
New Hope Christian School 375 200 -
Madrona Elementary 360 13 -
Rogue Lea Estates-North/South 350 63 -
Redwood Elementary SD 7 350 11 -
Josephine Co Pks Indian Mary 300 83 -
Williams Country Store 300 115 -
Jerome Prairie Market 300 81 -
Nps Oregon Caves Natl Mon 280 114 -
Area 61 260 206 -
Family Redwood Park Cooperative 250 18 -
Willow Estates Mobile Home Pk 250 138 -
Grants Pass Golf Club/Restaurt 250 7 -
Becklin Holdings Inc 205 90 -
Lil Pantry Market & Deli 4 205 105 -
Wolf Creek Community Center 204 7 -
Josephine Co Sportsmans Assoc 200 75 -
River Valley Church Redwood Campus 200 9 -
Merlin Community Baptist Church 200 12 -
Legacy Creek RV Park 200 6 -
Country Estates Mobile Park 175 50 -
Super Speedy Mart 175 61 -
Riviera Mobile Park 150 124 -
Norwood PUD 150 10 -
Jerome Prairie Elementary 150 30 -
Caveman Bowl Inc 150 63 -
River Haven Mobile Home Estates 140 29 -
Oprd Wolf Creek Inn 140 16 -
Rays Food Place #71 130 136 -
Williams Elementary 120 9 -
Solid Rock 120 154 -
Sunny Wolf Charter School 115 12 -
Parkdale Water System 100 21 -
Riverpark RV Resort 100 54 -
Applegate Golf 100 40 -
Moon Mtn RV Park 100 6 -

Compare beyond Oregon

Mid-flagged peers for Josephine County

Cross-state counties nearest Josephine County on flagged-system share (98.0%) and cumulative violation count (11,657). 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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