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Person County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC145 · Person County 46 sys · 2,804 viol · #1980/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #1980/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-MID 46 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Stokes County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Person County ranks #1,980 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #81 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Person County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,980 of 3,254 · #81 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Person County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Person · this county Durham · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 95.3% 95.7% 95.8% 96% 96% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Roxboro, City Of 11,122 70 Detected
Roxboro Steam Plant 450 11 -
Mount Harmony Baptist Church 310 24 -
Northend School 303 52 -
Oak Lane Elem School 278 34 -
Zion Christian Center 250 437 -
Woodland Elem School 237 88 -
Old Country Club Steak House 170 22 -
Clement Baptist Church 155 62 -
Timberlake Baptist Church 135 34 -
Olive Branch Baptist Church 120 31 -
Timberlake MHP 107 134 -
Lamberth Memorial Baptist Ch 100 54 -
Hawkins Conv. Mart and Grill 100 69 -
Twins Country Mart Inc 100 240 -
Person Caswell Lake Auth/Shop 100 21 -
Ephesus Baptist Church 100 23 -
Rock Grove Baptist Church 100 31 -
Roberts Service Mart 100 62 -
Timberlake Community Center 100 53 -
Greater Clegg`s Chapel Baptist Church 100 37 -
Dollar General #22905 100 0 -
Certainteed Potable Water Well House 85 47 -
Oak Grove UMC 80 41 -
Mt Tirzah UMC 70 129 -
Person Caswell Lake Auth/Boat Ramp 60 53 -
Person Caswell Lake Auth/Old O 60 73 -
Person Caswell Lake Auth/B-Hou 60 23 -
Hope Church Mill Creek 60 60 -
Hyco Marina 50 165 -
Spicy & Big J's Mayo Marina 50 84 -
Calvary Baptist Church 50 107 -
Triple Springs Baptist 50 57 -
Community Baptist Church 40 9 -
Hurdle Mills Market 30 50 -
Gateway Baptist Church 25 75 -
Bethany Missionary Baptist 25 25 -
Homestead Steak House & Restau 25 25 -
Homestead-Festival House 25 4 -
Mayo Park-Eastern Corner 25 39 -
Mayo Park- Near Cabins 25 62 -
Mayo Park- Boat Launch 25 15 -
Mount Zion United Methodist Church 25 44 -
Mayo Park-Education Center 25 15 -
Dollar General #18090 25 13 -
Dollar General Roxboro Store #21332 25 0 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Person County

Cross-state counties nearest Person County on flagged-system share (95.7%) and cumulative violation count (2,804). 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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