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St. Francois County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO187 · St. Francois County 43 sys · 5,269 viol · #901/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 54.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #901/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 16.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 43 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, St. Francois County ranks #901 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #20 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

St. Francois County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 54.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 16.7% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #901 of 3,254 · #20 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around St. Francois County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Lawrence · near St. Francois · this county Mercer · highest 69.6% 96.7% 97.2% 97.4% 97.7% 97.9% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for St. Francois County

Cross-state counties nearest St. Francois County on flagged-system share (97.7%) and cumulative violation count (5,269). 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.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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