Polk County, North Carolina
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC149 · Polk County 26 sys · 1,676 viol · #2154/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 84.6% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 2.9% health
- RANK-LOWER #2154/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 88%
- SYS-SMALL 26 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Burke County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Polk County ranks #2,154 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #84 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Polk County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 84.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 2.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,154 of 3,254 · #84 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Polk County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Polk County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryon, Town Of | 5,494 | 229 | Clean |
| Columbus Town Of | 2,489 | 481 | - |
| Saluda City Of | 1,814 | 56 | - |
| Polk County Water System | 838 | 5 | - |
| Foothills Community Chapel | 300 | 0 | - |
| Orchard Lake Campground | 280 | 84 | - |
| Coopers Gap Baptist Church | 250 | 26 | - |
| Melmont Water System | 127 | 57 | - |
| Faith Baptist Church | 100 | 17 | - |
| Big Level Baptist Church | 100 | 27 | - |
| Pea Ridge Baptist Church | 100 | 0 | - |
| Peniel Baptist Church | 100 | 0 | - |
| Silver Creek Campground | 100 | 59 | - |
| Dollar General Store-Mill Spring | 100 | 0 | - |
| Pavillon International | 99 | 41 | - |
| Brights Creek Water System | 99 | 9 | - |
| The Brow Condominiums | 96 | 112 | - |
| Green Crk Missionary Baptist | 90 | 29 | - |
| Silver Creek Baptist Ch | 60 | 9 | - |
| Pleasant Grove Bapt Church | 50 | 26 | - |
| Sandy Springs Baptist Church | 50 | 104 | - |
| Mill Creek Church | 50 | 11 | - |
| Beneficial Foods | 50 | 8 | - |
| McGuinn`s Store | 50 | 7 | - |
| Green River Lodge | 40 | 49 | - |
| Union Grove Baptist Church | 30 | 230 | - |
Compare beyond North Carolina
Lower-flagged peers for Polk County
Cross-state counties nearest Polk County on flagged-system share (84.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,676). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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