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Lake County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN075 · Lake County 94 sys · 1,326 viol · #2247/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 56.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 64.0% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2247/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 88%
  • SYS-MID 94 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lake County ranks #2,247 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #55 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lake County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 56.4% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 64.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,247 of 3,254 · #55 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lake County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Lake · this county Kandiyohi · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 56% 56.4% 56.5% 56.8% 56.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Two Harbors 3,698 13 Clean
Silver Bay 1,826 8 -
Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site 967 25 -
Betty's Pies 500 34 -
Grand Superior Lodge 302 22 -
Rustic Inn Cafe & Gifts 200 0 -
The Harbors 150 0 -
Beaver Bay 130 77 -
Silver Rapids Lodge 130 16 -
Veterans on the Lake Resort 120 14 -
Northern Tier High Adventure-BSA 110 49 -
River Point Resort & Outfitting Co. 100 27 -
The Lake Homes 100 7 -
Wildhurst Lodge and Campgrounds, Inc. 100 7 -
Silver Bay Harbor of Refuge 100 25 -
Wagon Wheel Campsite 80 0 -
Deer Ridge Resort 80 0 -
White Iron Beach Resort 75 22 -
Palisade Baptist Church 75 0 -
Wilderness North 75 7 -
Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses Two Har 70 0 -
Custom Cabin Rental 63 47 -
Kawishiwi Lodge Inc. 60 38 -
Sonju Superstore 60 15 -
Crooked Lake Resort 58 0 -
Island View Resort 54 0 -
Bob's Cabins 54 21 -
Lax Lake Resort & Campgrounds 50 21 -
Split Rock Cabins 50 7 -
Knife River Lutheran Church 50 0 -
Knife River Campground 50 14 -
Pine Point Lodge 50 0 -
Latourell's Resort and Outfitters 50 14 -
Voyageur Outward Bound School 50 7 -
Camp Voyageur 50 0 -
Northwind Lodge 45 28 -
Gooseberry Park Cottages and Motel 43 6 -
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 43 49 -
Canoe Country Cabins & Campground 40 14 -
Larsmont Cottages 40 15 -
Williams & Hall Outfitters 40 34 -
Snowbank Lodge and Outfitters 40 0 -
Fenstad's Resort 40 0 -
Dream Cloud Coffee Roasters 40 0 -
Gooseberry Cabins 35 7 -
Wilderness Bay Lodge 35 39 -
Four Seasons Restaurant & Bar 30 14 -
Moose Track Adventures 30 36 -
Northern Rail Traincar Suites 30 0 -
Toimi Wayside Rest 30 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Lake County

Cross-state counties nearest Lake County on flagged-system share (56.4%) and cumulative violation count (1,326). 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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