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Macon County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC113 · Macon County 76 sys · 7,512 viol · #1483/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1483/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-MID 76 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Macon County ranks #1,483 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #68 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Macon County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.0% 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 #1,483 of 3,254 · #68 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Macon County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Hoke · near Onslow · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 94.4% 94.4% 94.7% 95% 95% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Franklin, Town Of 9,650 155 Clean
Highlands, Town Of 6,614 361 Clean
Cullasaja Club 800 172 -
Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. 676 13 -
Highlands Falls Country Club 650 132 -
Wildcat Cliffs Country Club 445 275 -
Iotla Elem School 400 108 -
Cowee Baptist Church 400 9 -
Watauga Vista 361 28 -
Holly Springs Baptist Church 350 47 -
Riverbend Estates 323 505 -
Lbj Job Corps 270 64 -
Sugarfork Baptist Church 225 126 -
Cullasaja River Campground 211 57 -
Windy Gap Baptist Church 200 38 -
Parker Meadows Well #1 200 6 -
Parker Meadows Well #2 200 6 -
Dollar General #20327 200 0 -
Standing Indian Campground 170 87 -
Wildlife Properties Water System 168 9 -
Cold Springs POA 165 193 -
King Mountain Club Water 150 130 -
Iotla Baptist Church 150 13 -
Appletree Group Camp 150 62 -
Cullasaja Assembly of God 135 153 -
Newman Chapel Baptist Church 120 70 -
Laurel Ridge 115 97 -
Nantahala School 112 102 -
Flat Mountain Estates 109 349 -
Sassafras Gap Employee Village 107 148 -
Cliffside Lake Rec Area 100 26 -
Watauga Baptist Church 100 8 -
Cartoogechaye Creek Campground 100 132 -
Cowee Convenience 100 71 -
Country Woods RV Park 95 165 -
Old Corundum Mill Campground 95 46 -
Cottages at Lake Osseroga 93 233 -
The Pines RV Park 90 27 -
Wildwood Mountain S/D 81 163 -
Burningtown Baptist Church 80 82 -
Longview Baptist Church 80 6 -
MI Mountain Campground 80 34 -
Dowdle Trace S/D 79 144 -
Mt Hope Baptist Church 75 53 -
Dollar General Store #17114 75 19 -
Dollar General Store #17200 75 0 -
Gemstone Village 75 7 -
Heritage Hills 74 117 -
Mountain Springs Park 71 125 -
Ridgecrest Baptist Church 70 20 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Macon County

Cross-state counties nearest Macon County on flagged-system share (94.7%) and cumulative violation count (7,512). 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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