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Sherburne County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN141 · Sherburne County 80 sys · 645 viol · #859/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 55.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 61.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #859/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 75.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 80 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Sherburne County ranks #859 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #16 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Sherburne County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 55.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 61.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 75.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #859 of 3,254 · #16 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Sherburne County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Douglas · near Grant · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 54.6% 54.9% 55% 55% 55.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Elk River 19,532 15 Clean
Big Lake 12,413 31 Detected
Zimmerman 6,772 43 Detected
Becker 5,034 10 Detected
Riverside Church 1,500 12 -
St. Cloud Travel Information MNDOT 1,298 12 -
Holiday Stationstore No. 598 800 14 -
River of Life Church 800 0 -
Clear Lake 669 48 -
South Santiago Evangelical Lutheran Chur 600 0 -
Travelers Country Club-Mississippi 600 13 -
Solid Rock Church/Shepherds Inn Daycare 520 28 -
Oaks on the River Campground 400 20 -
Travelers Country Club of Clear Lake 350 24 -
Carefree Country Club 350 14 -
Subway - Princeton 350 0 -
Lord of Glory Lutheran Church 340 7 -
Bridgeview Assembly of God 300 7 -
Ralphie's 300 0 -
Refuge Evangelical Free Church 260 0 -
Princeton Evangelical Free Church 250 0 -
Sand Dunes Food and Fuel 250 0 -
Sherburne Village 200 29 -
Camp Elk River 200 4 -
Briggs Lake Store 200 0 -
Northland Bible Baptist Church 200 13 -
Living Waters Church 200 6 -
Elk River Youth Athletic Complex 200 0 -
Broadway Pizza Bar 190 7 -
Ridges of Rice Lake Housing Development 180 0 -
Shores of Eagle Lake 160 0 -
Airstream Park 150 7 -
Finish Line Restaurant 150 0 -
Faith Community Lutheran Church 150 7 -
Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church 135 0 -
Furniture and Things 125 0 -
Plants and Things 125 0 -
United Parcel Service 110 7 -
Cargill Animal Nutrition Innovation Camp 102 7 -
Oliver H. Kelley Farm 100 14 -
Bailey Ray's 100 14 -
Faith Lutheran Church 85 0 -
Windsor Oaks Development 80 13 -
Fairway Shores 75 0 -
Eternity Church 75 0 -
Creative Kids Academy Elk River 2 70 18 -
Monticello Dental Center 62 0 -
Little Red Wagon Child Care Center 60 0 -
Berean Christian Fellowship Church 60 7 -
Becker Public Schools - Transp Facility 60 16 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Sherburne County

Cross-state counties nearest Sherburne County on flagged-system share (55.0%) and cumulative violation count (645). 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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