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Lincoln County, New Mexico

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NM027 · Lincoln County 52 sys · 6,263 viol · #1190/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1190/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 52 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sandoval County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lincoln County ranks #1,190 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lincoln County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 14.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,190 of 3,254 · #12 of 33 in New Mexico.

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% Colfax · lowest Sandoval · near Taos · near Dona Ana · near 63.5% 98.1% 98.4% 98.4% 98.9% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ruidoso Water System 15,947 671 Detected
Ruidoso Downs Racetrack 3,200 94 -
Alto Lakes Water and Sanitation District 2,870 149 Clean
Ruidoso Downs Water System 2,146 133 -
Capitan Water System 1,821 48 -
Carrizozo Water System 1,758 259 -
Cds Rainmakers Util LLC Rancho Ruidoso 839 71 -
Eagle Creek Shell Convenience Store 800 22 -
Bonita Park Nazarene Conference Center 460 68 -
Cook Canyon Ranch 450 12 -
Sun Valley Water and Sanitation District 443 98 -
Ski Apache 350 103 -
Lincoln Hills Water Co-Op 338 101 -
Corona Water System 333 63 -
Alto Mountain Village 300 385 -
Enchanted Forest Water Mdwca 261 166 -
Eagle Creek Sports Complex 250 10 -
Flying J Ranch 250 85 -
Bonito Hollow RV Park and Campground 240 29 -
Twin Spruce Campground 200 35 -
Hondo Valley School 200 95 -
Smokey Bear R S Lincoln Usfs 180 100 -
Mountain High RV Park 173 9 -
Fort Lone Tree 150 5 -
River Ranch RV Park 150 165 -
High Country Lodge 150 42 -
Apple Tree RV Park 150 12 -
Along the River RV Camp 140 36 -
Lone Tree Bible Ranch 140 40 -
Little Creek RV Park 130 50 -
Alto North Water Coop 127 141 -
Lincoln Mdwca 125 165 -
Mountain View Christian Youth Camp 125 33 -
Fort Stanton Historic Site 102 286 -
High Sierra Estates Water Assn 98 115 -
Loma Grande Estates Water Association 89 129 -
Nogal Mdwca 82 394 -
Seeping Springs Campground 75 46 -
Ruidoso Motorcoach Ranch 73 23 -
Alpine Village W and SD 67 112 -
Canyon Hideaway & Escape 60 31 -
Elk Run RV Resort 60 54 -
Safe Haven RV Park 58 209 -
Cedar Creek Mutual Water Consumers Assoc 53 369 -
Sierra Blanca Regional Airport 35 7 -
Apple Blossom and White Angel Mesa Wua 33 13 -
Crockett Canyon RV 25 19 -
Hondo Valley Zia Center 25 11 -
Pinon Hills RV Park 25 870 -
Allsups #102379 25 0 -

Compare beyond New Mexico

Mid-flagged peers for Lincoln County

Cross-state counties nearest Lincoln County on flagged-system share (98.1%) and cumulative violation count (6,263). 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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