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Meade County, South Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet SD093 · Meade County 56 sys · 3,218 viol · #1674/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1674/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-MID 56 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Meade County ranks #1,674 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 65 counties in South Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Meade County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.7% is health-based share in the middle 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 #1,674 of 3,254 · #10 of 65 in South Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Meade County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Meade · this county Brookings · near Buffalo · highest 50% 86.3% 87.5% 87.5% 91.7% 91.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sturgis 7,020 87 Clean
Black Hawk Water User District 4,500 124 Clean
Northdale Sanitary District 1,075 14 -
Piedmont 971 5 -
Fort Meade VA Center 800 140 -
Wonderland Homes 750 21 -
Sun Valley Development 650 2 Clean
Bear Butte Valley Water 450 6 -
Weston Heights Homeowners Associatio 412 33 -
Faith 367 18 -
Blucksberg Mountain #2 333 0 -
DOT Rest Area 517A-Spearfish 300 19 -
Stagebarn Sanitary District 295 70 -
Golden Valley Water Company 283 58 -
Woodland Hills Sanitary District 255 60 -
Valley View Water Company 248 59 -
Dry Creek Estates 233 67 -
Blucksberg Mountain #1 223 54 -
Viewfield Rural Water System 220 129 -
Three Flags RV Park 215 8 -
Pine Hills Park 200 253 -
Horseshoe Acres Water Association 180 35 -
Timberwood Park Estates 158 2 -
High Meadows Water Company 140 41 -
Midland Heights 130 32 -
Rolling Dice Subdivision 122 3 -
East Ridge Acres 118 21 -
Elk Creek Village 110 230 -
Golden Meadows 96 125 -
Quaal Water Association 95 17 -
Elk Creek Resort 90 142 -
Black Hills Meadow 89 3 -
AR Ranch 88 0 -
Central Meade School 80 0 -
Bestgen Addition Water Company 73 25 -
Peaceful Pines II 71 168 -
Rimrock Highland Estates Comm Assoc 66 3 -
Crooked Oaks Canyon Homeowners 65 52 -
Elk Valley Ranchettes 62 2 -
Gfp-Bear Butte Education Center 60 13 -
Summerset Hotel and Suites 55 25 -
Elk Creek Valley View Assoc 52 2 -
Bulldog Creek Campground 52 8 -
West Nike Subdivision 50 0 -
Rainbow Bible Ranch 50 85 -
Autumn Meadows Sanitary District 49 84 -
Pleasant Valley Homeowners Associati 48 225 -
Blm-Ft Meade Rec Area 47 7 -
Centennial Vista Estates 44 0 -
Sacora Mobile Home Park 42 556 -

Compare beyond South Dakota

Lower-flagged peers for Meade County

Cross-state counties nearest Meade County on flagged-system share (87.5%) and cumulative violation count (3,218). 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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