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Montague County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX337 · Montague County 16 sys · 1,858 viol · #2056/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2056/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 81%
  • SYS-SMALL 16 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Montague County ranks #2,056 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #146 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Montague 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 6.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #2,056 of 3,254 · #146 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Montague County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Bee · highest Hidalgo · near Guadalupe · near 66.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Bowie 5,534 20 Detected
City of Nocona 3,170 40 -
Star Travel Center 1,081 65 -
City of Saint Jo 881 403 Clean
Amon G Carter Lake WSC 750 122 -
Nocona Hills WSC 600 47 -
Sunset Water System 570 663 -
Montague Water System 534 88 -
Forestburg WSC 264 55 -
Oak Shores Water System 234 66 -
Gold Burg High School 206 122 -
Rra Ringgold 183 14 -
Prairie Valley Isd 180 87 -
Charis Hills Camp 70 12 -
Campers Paradise RV Park 42 28 -
Route 81 RV Park 30 26 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Montague County

Cross-state counties nearest Montague County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,858). 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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