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Pocahontas County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV075 · Pocahontas County 40 sys · 7,989 viol · #2507/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.4% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2507/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 85%
  • SYS-MID 40 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pocahontas County ranks #2,507 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #42 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pocahontas 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 5.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Pocahontas County . Population served ranks #2,507 of 3,254 · #42 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pocahontas County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mercer · lowest Boone · highest Cabell · near Monongalia · near 92.3% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Marlinton Town Of 1,930 655 -
Pocahontas Co Psd - Cheat Mountain Water 1,867 195 -
Cass Scenic Railroad 555 1,264 -
Pocahontas County Psd 504 253 -
Pocahontas Memorial and Marlinton M S 362 11 -
Pocahontas County High School 326 578 -
Denmar Correctional Center 297 25 -
Green Bank School 293 315 -
Hillsboro Town Of 262 342 -
Watoga State Park Riverside Cg 200 49 -
Camp Hidden Meadows 200 115 -
Camp Twin Creeks 180 179 -
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 110 20 -
Pocahontas 4 H Camp 100 122 -
Overlook Condominiums 100 276 -
School Days Child Care 80 1,703 -
Green Bank Senior Center 75 43 -
Watoga State Park Beaver Creek Cg 66 16 -
Watoga State Park Island Lick 50 24 -
Watoga State Park Pine Run 50 27 -
Watoga State Park Bush Place 50 25 -
Bears Den LLC 40 273 -
Deans Den 35 186 -
Usfs Day Run Campground - Hp 30 60 -
Sugar House Restaurant 30 13 -
Usfs Cranberry Mtn Nature Ctr 25 63 -
Usfs Tea Creek Campground 045 - Hp 25 69 -
Inn at Snowshoe 25 9 -
Pocahontas Co Parks Rec Bd 25 272 -
Greenbrier River Trail - Hp 25 51 -
Wvdnr Greenbrier River Trail - Hp 25 45 -
Boat House, The 25 9 -
Arbuckles 25 12 -
Seneca State Forest - Bathhouse 25 171 -
Par-Mar Store 74 25 104 -
Trents 25 116 -
Camp Hidden Meadows (Swim Pool) 25 131 -
Mims Kitchen 25 48 -
Yew Mountain Public Water Supply 25 75 -
New Levels Cafe 25 45 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Pocahontas County

Cross-state counties nearest Pocahontas County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (7,989). 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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