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McLeod County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN085 · McLeod County 39 sys · 363 viol · #1341/3254

VIOL-HIGH · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-HIGH 48.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 62.3% health
  • RANK-MID #1341/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 39 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Pope County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, McLeod County ranks #1,341 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

McLeod County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 48.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 62.3% 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 #1,341 of 3,254 · #27 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around McLeod County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Chisago · near Pope · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 47.3% 47.3% 48.7% 49.1% 50.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Hutchinson 14,590 0 Clean
Glencoe 5,607 4 Clean
Winsted 2,226 22 -
Lester Prairie 1,904 10 -
Seneca Foods Corporation 900 21 -
Silver Lake 850 31 -
Brownton 722 3 -
Crow River Winery 650 0 -
Stewart 482 60 -
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School 415 21 -
Riverside Assembly of God Church 350 0 -
Plato 319 0 -
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 260 42 -
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 225 55 -
Grace Lutheran Church 200 0 -
St. John's Church - Biscay 128 0 -
Biscay 113 3 -
Shadowbrooke Golf Course 75 0 -
The Cottage Farmhouse 75 0 -
Lighthouse Assembly of God Church 70 7 -
Nystrom and Associates 65 6 -
Northview Court 60 20 -
Piepenburg Park McLeod County 40 0 -
Lake Marion Park 40 14 -
Gopher Campfire Club 40 0 -
Midwest Machinery Co. 35 7 -
Applegate Green Fiber 32 0 -
Brownton Rod and Gun Club 30 0 -
UFC - Brownton Ag Service Center 25 0 -
Arnolds of Glencoe, Inc. 25 0 -
Simonson Lumber 25 0 -
Lester Prairie Sportsman 25 4 -
Buffalo Creek-McLeod County Park 25 22 -
William May Park 25 11 -
Creekside Soil 25 0 -
Ag Systems 25 0 -
Yamaha Motorsports and Marine 25 0 -
Dollar General Store 22090 - Brownton 25 0 -
North Star BBQ 25 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for McLeod County

Cross-state counties nearest McLeod County on flagged-system share (48.7%) and cumulative violation count (363). 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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