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Otsego County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI137 · Otsego County 126 sys · 2,311 viol · #1698/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.9% health
  • RANK-MID #1698/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 126 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Crawford County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Otsego County ranks #1,698 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #60 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Otsego County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,698 of 3,254 · #60 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Otsego County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Otsego · this county Newaygo · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 92.8% 92.9% 93.1% 93.2% 93.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Gaylord, City Of 3,629 34 Detected
Mdot - Loon Lake Rest Area, R405 1,001 14 -
Gaylord Evangelical Free Church 900 10 -
Mdot - Vanderbilt Rest Area 866 13 -
Hilltop Marathon 809 9 -
Treetops the Lodge 600 16 Clean
Johannesburg-Lewiston High School 600 16 -
Waters Ez Mart 600 18 -
DNR Otsego Lake State Park - S 500 0 -
DNR Otsego Lake State Park - N 500 24 -
Treetops Top of the Hill 400 9 -
Big Buck Brewery 300 11 -
Kohls Department Store - Gaylord MI 300 31 -
Alpine Crossings 300 12 -
Iron Pig Smokehouse 2 300 7 -
Dollar General - Gaylord 300 1 -
The Loon Golf Resort 250 32 -
Busy Bee Market 250 9 -
Otsego Club Halfway House 12th Green 225 2 -
Gaylord KOA Holiday 200 12 -
Knights of Columbus - Gaylord #2781 200 36 -
The Hope Church - Gaylord 200 20 -
Grace Baptist Church 200 52 -
Stony Hill Marathon 200 0 -
Vanderbilt Downtown Ez Mart 200 2 -
Porter Haus 200 23 -
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church 200 2 -
Lost Valley Bible Camp 200 5 -
Nottingham Forest MHP 185 38 -
Cooper/Standard Auto - Gaylord 180 8 -
Bennethum's Northern Inn 175 27 -
Groen Nature Preserve - Pavilion 153 6 -
Groen Nature Preserve - Halfway Point 153 0 -
Gaylord Golf Club 150 17 -
Treetops Jones Club House 150 4 -
The Lakes at Loon Golf Resort 150 18 -
Commerce Park 150 10 -
Dollar General - Johannesburg 150 0 -
Glen Meadows Condominiums 142 2 -
Otsego Christian School 140 17 -
Vanderbilt School 125 47 -
Michaywe Pro Shop/Grille 125 26 -
H & H Tube Mfg Co 125 9 -
Otsego Lake County Park-Main Office 125 19 -
Corwith Station 120 17 -
Ridge Summit Grill 120 14 -
Pauls Pub 120 38 -
Michaywe Inn the Woods 110 21 -
Wilderness Valley Farm 100 41 -
The Old Depot Restaurant 100 18 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Mid-flagged peers for Otsego County

Cross-state counties nearest Otsego County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (2,311). 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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