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Lincoln County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN081 · Lincoln County 9 sys · 93 viol · #1918/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 77.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 28.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1918/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lac qui Parle County (+ 0.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lincoln County ranks #1,918 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #47 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lincoln County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 77.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 28.0% 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 #1,918 of 3,254 · #47 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lincoln County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Norman · near Lincoln · this county Watonwan · highest 22.2% 75% 76.2% 76.5% 77.8% 78.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System 13,644 17 Clean
Tyler 1,122 34 -
Lake Benton 676 1 -
Hendricks 650 1 -
Ivanhoe 559 0 -
Arco 74 0 -
Knotty Pine Supper Club 70 28 -
Verdi 32 6 -
1975 Filling Station & Restaurant 25 6 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Lincoln County

Cross-state counties nearest Lincoln County on flagged-system share (77.8%) and cumulative violation count (93). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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