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Lincoln County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC109 · Lincoln County 61 sys · 3,442 viol · #725/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #725/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 93%
  • SYS-MID 61 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Alexander County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lincoln County ranks #725 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #33 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lincoln County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #725 of 3,254 · #33 of 100 in North Carolina.

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% Gates · lowest Currituck · near Alexander · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 88.2% 88.2% 88.5% 88.5% 88.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lincoln County WTP 49,693 67 Detected
Lincolnton, City Of 15,839 5 Detected
St Dorothy`s Catholic Church 450 35 -
Pearl Baptist Church 400 22 -
Victory Baptist Church 350 46 -
Hill-N-Dale-Lincoln View S/D 320 32 -
Mt Vernon Baptist Church 250 28 -
Denver Shores MHP Water System 229 91 -
Leonard`s Fork Bapt Church 225 45 -
Long Shoals Water System 196 270 -
Country Crossing S/D 191 21 -
Beth Haven Baptist Church 180 50 -
New Vision Ministries 175 315 -
Norman`s Grill 150 33 -
Reepsville Baptist Church 150 18 -
North Brook Baptist Church 140 0 -
Tucker`s Grove Church 125 145 -
Tucker's Grove Church Family Life Center 125 24 -
River Meadows S/D 119 93 -
Charleston Trail Estates 110 126 -
Deerwood S/D 109 21 -
Gainsville Baptist Church 100 18 -
Faith Baptist Church 100 18 -
Bess Chapel UMC 100 31 -
Mt Zion Baptist Church 100 117 -
New Providence Full Gospel Chu 100 0 -
Bethpage Lutheran Church 90 57 -
Iglesia Manantial de Vida 80 4 -
Daniel`s Lutheran Church 75 7 -
Cedar Grove Lutheran Church 70 34 -
St James UMC 65 217 -
Milton Acres S/D 61 4 -
Crowell Memorial Global Methodist Church 60 15 -
Ivey Memorial UMC 60 0 -
Activa Church 60 182 -
Maiden Wesleyan Church 50 69 -
Coral Park S/D 48 142 -
Pleasant Grove United Meth Ch 40 53 -
New Grace Baptist Church 40 46 -
East Lincoln Missionary Bapt 35 109 -
Iron Station Methodist Church 35 23 -
Amity Baptist Church 35 26 -
Hebron Church 35 50 -
Macedonia Methodist Church 35 0 -
El Shaddai Full Gospel Church 35 65 -
Palm Tree Methodist Church 32 5 -
Marvin United Methodist Church 30 12 -
Hwy 10 Auction 25 117 -
Lynn`s Stop N Shop 25 52 -
Willow Creek Inn 25 189 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Lincoln County

Cross-state counties nearest Lincoln County on flagged-system share (88.5%) and cumulative violation count (3,442). 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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