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Pope County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN121 · Pope County 55 sys · 339 viol · #2435/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 49.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 73.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2435/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 55 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: McLeod County ( -0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pope County ranks #2,435 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #64 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pope County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 49.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 73.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Pope County . Population served ranks #2,435 of 3,254 · #64 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pope County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Pope · this county St. Louis · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 48.7% 49.1% 50.4% 50.5% 50.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Glenwood 2,705 16 -
Starbuck 1,440 22 -
Minnewaska School 800 7 -
Lowry 333 14 -
Cyrus 318 23 -
Shady Rest Resort 220 14 -
Captain's Bar and Grill 200 0 -
Green Valley Resort Association 146 0 -
Immanuel Lutheran Church 130 0 -
Indherred Lutheran Church 130 0 -
Pelican RV Resort Inc. 130 0 -
St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church 120 14 -
St. John's Lutheran Church 110 6 -
Canary Beach Resort 110 0 -
St. Bartholomew Catholic Church 100 0 -
Massman Companies, Inc. 100 21 -
Nora Lutheran Church 100 0 -
Glacial Lakes State Park 100 34 -
South Pointe RV Park 100 0 -
Woodlawn Resort & Campground 88 13 -
Thors Camping and Cabins 80 0 -
Chippewa Falls Lutheran Church 75 0 -
East Zion Lutheran Church 75 9 -
West Zion Lutheran Church 75 7 -
Lake Haven Mennonite Church & School 75 0 -
Villard United Methodist Church 65 0 -
Village of Baycrest 60 4 -
Fast 60 7 -
Maple Island Resort 56 7 -
Hunt's Resort & Homeowner's Association 50 0 -
Minnewaska Golf Club 50 7 -
Peters' Sunset Beach Resort 50 0 -
Minnewaska House 50 0 -
Minnewaska School - Athletic Fields 50 0 -
Barsness Lutheran Church 50 0 -
Farwell City Hall 50 0 -
Trinity Lutheran Church 50 0 -
Rolling Forks Vineyards 50 0 -
Glenwood State Bank, Villard Branch 40 14 -
Waskawood Resort 40 7 -
Lake Reno Resort 38 13 -
Ammerman Acres 36 0 -
Restoration Church 35 0 -
Villard Community Center 30 7 -
Villard Implement Company 30 7 -
Casey's General Store 30 28 -
Pine Hill Mobile Home Park 25 18 -
Glenwood Municipal Airport 25 0 -
Hilltop Lumber 25 0 -
Knapp Park 25 7 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Pope County

Cross-state counties nearest Pope County on flagged-system share (49.1%) and cumulative violation count (339). 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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