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Kalkaska County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI079 · Kalkaska County 80 sys · 1,976 viol · #2454/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.4% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2454/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 80 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Oceana County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kalkaska County ranks #2,454 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #73 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kalkaska County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Kalkaska County . Population served ranks #2,454 of 3,254 · #73 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kalkaska County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Montmorency · near Schoolcraft · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 90.8% 90.9% 91% 91% 91.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kalkaska, Village Of 2,020 10 -
Forest Area High School 400 67 -
St. Mary's of the Woods Church 400 16 -
Crossroads Saloon, Inc 200 32 -
Yankee Boy 200 13 -
Camp Gan Israel #1 Post Office 200 42 -
St. Paul Lutheran Church - Kalkaska 200 4 -
Rapid City Ez Mart 200 3 -
Camp Gan Israel Lake Side 200 16 -
Camp Gan Israel #5 Pool 200 13 -
Camp Gan Israel Hill Top Bunkhouses 200 11 -
Rapid City Elementary School 150 180 -
Timber Wolf Golf Club 150 29 -
Victory Baptist Church 150 6 -
Church of Jesus Christ of Lds-Kalkaska 150 18 -
Dollar General - South Boardman 150 0 -
Ccc Bridge Cg - Pump B 128 4 -
Ccc Bridge Cg Well #2 128 7 -
Camp Gan Israel #3 A-Frame 125 41 -
Calvary Baptist Church-Kalkaska 125 5 -
Camp Gan Israel #4 Trailers 125 42 -
Hide-Away Bar (Thab Inc.) 100 128 -
Taffletown Lodge 100 16 -
Camp Tanuga 100 18 -
Evergreen Bible Baptist Church 100 42 -
Rapid River Campground 100 11 -
Bear Lake Christian Church 100 19 -
Vista Green RV Resort 100 6 -
Dollar General - Rapid City 100 17 -
Rapid City Village Market 100 4 -
Gfl Environmental (American Waste) 90 2 -
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 85 26 -
Spencer Church of Christ 80 14 -
Twin Birch Golf Course 75 41 -
Kalkaska Screw Products 75 23 -
Michigan Cat Kalkaska (Main Shop) 70 31 -
Michigan Cat Kalkaska (Engine Shop) 70 0 -
Ausable Institute of Env.study (Lodge) 60 30 -
Ausable Institute of Env. Study (Lodge) 60 3 -
Ausable Institute of Env. Study (Elc) 60 3 -
Bear Lake Inn Restaurant & Beer Garden 52 21 -
Crawford School 52 127 -
Torch Grove Camping 50 10 -
Clearwater Township Hall 50 11 -
Rapid River Trail Camp #1-Tc St Pk 50 25 -
Rapid River Trail Camp 50 12 -
Waters Edge Party Store 50 16 -
Kalkaska Eagles Aerie 4496 50 5 -
Dollar General - Rapid River 50 0 -
Rapid River Meadows 46 116 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Kalkaska County

Cross-state counties nearest Kalkaska County on flagged-system share (91.3%) and cumulative violation count (1,976). 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).

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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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