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Sawyer County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI113 · Sawyer County 192 sys · 3,789 viol · #2112/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 68.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.1% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2112/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 192 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lincoln County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Sawyer County ranks #2,112 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #55 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Sawyer County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 68.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.1% 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 #2,112 of 3,254 · #55 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Sawyer County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Lincoln · near Jefferson · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 67.7% 68% 68.2% 68.6% 69% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Hayward Water Utility 2,552 72 -
Winter Waterworks 344 47 -
Grand Pines Motel 300 24 -
Nelson Lake Lodge Office 300 13 -
Dock The 250 3 -
Big Bear Lodge 250 0 -
Radisson Waterworks 241 169 -
Louisiana Pacific Corporation 220 10 -
W and R Resorts Inc Deerfoot Lodge and Resort 200 9 -
Acs Chit Chat Bar and Grill 200 7 -
Reel Livin Resort Main 200 24 -
Trails End Resort Inc 200 3 -
Exeland Waterworks 196 135 -
We Ha Kee Camp Main Lodge 190 27 -
Stone Lake Sanitary District 175 66 -
North Star Camp for Boys Lodge 160 25 -
Trailways Inn 125 14 -
Flambeau Correctional Center 120 20 -
Robins Nest Restaurant 110 25 -
Retreat on Lost Land Lake 103 26 -
Paradise Waters LLC 100 0 -
Summit Lake Game Farm and Campground 100 0 -
Dalens Resort South 100 0 -
Paradise Waters LLC Lodging 100 0 -
Hayward Lumberjack Inn One Story Building 100 14 -
Tally Ho 100 19 -
Ghost Lake Lodge 100 23 -
Pats Landing Lodge 100 4 -
Reiskes Island View Resort 100 0 -
Treeland Resort 100 22 -
Treeland Cottages 100 4 -
Callahan Lake Resort 100 23 -
Woodhaven Resort LLC 100 9 -
Lakeview Golf and Pizza 100 3 -
Ranch Supper Club 100 10 -
Chippewa Pines Resort Lodge 100 11 -
Tiger Musky Resort Main 100 15 -
Beechmoor Lounge and Restaurant 100 16 -
Wayside Inn 100 30 -
Lake Chippewa Original Campground 100 7 -
Lake Chippewa Campground Lodge 100 18 -
Roosters Tavern 100 3 -
S and J Wild River MHP 90 644 -
Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center 85 167 -
Flambeau Forest Condo Assn 75 41 -
Christinas Y Pine Tavern 75 41 -
Chief Lake Lodge 75 13 -
Northland Lodge 75 0 -
Church of Jehovah Witness 60 0 -
Bear Paw Resort Cabins 60 3 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Sawyer County

Cross-state counties nearest Sawyer County on flagged-system share (68.2%) and cumulative violation count (3,789). 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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