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Lincoln County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV043 · Lincoln County 8 sys · 2,719 viol · #2195/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.3% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2195/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 63%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Kanawha County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lincoln County ranks #2,195 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #35 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lincoln County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,195 of 3,254 · #35 of 55 in West Virginia.

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% Mercer · lowest Boone · highest Cabell · near Monongalia · near 92.3% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lincoln Psd 4,039 1,112 Clean
Branchland Midkiff Psd 3,157 68 -
West Hamlin, City Of 2,465 776 -
Lincoln Psd - Route 3 2,226 163 -
Lincoln Psd - Lower MUD River 177 76 -
Upper MUD River (W M A) 159 68 -
Big Ugly Community Center 61 192 -
Henrys Camping Retreat 50 264 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Lincoln County

Cross-state counties nearest Lincoln County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,719). 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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