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Starke County, Indiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN149 · Starke County 47 sys · 4,989 viol · #2136/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.3% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2136/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 47 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Tippecanoe County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Starke County ranks #2,136 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #78 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Starke County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.3% 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 #2,136 of 3,254 · #78 of 92 in Indiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Starke County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hendricks · lowest Porter · near Howard · near Union · highest 84.9% 97.6% 97.6% 97.7% 97.7% 97.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Knox Water Works 3,700 85 Clean
North Judson Water Company 1,800 79 -
Grovertown Truckstop, LLC 1,000 85 -
Hamlet Water Works 801 38 -
Oregon-Davis Elementary & High School 575 137 -
Richards of Toto 515 215 -
Knoll Brothers Retail 506 12 -
Baileys Discount Center 340 63 -
Msb Petroleum 309 48 -
The Toto Cafe 309 38 -
Mint Leaf Plaza 290 40 -
Koontz Lake Missionary Church 253 50 -
Knox Bible Baptist Church 203 174 -
Rannells Park 200 3 -
Church of the Heartland Starke Co., Inc 188 1,661 -
Calvary Baptist Church 152 80 -
Victory Christian Church, Inc. 141 27 -
New Hope Baptist Church 130 52 -
Chesapeake Run Golf Club 101 91 -
E-Z Kamp, Inc. 100 63 -
Country Roads Bar & Grill 95 19 -
English Lake Church 90 162 -
Bass Lake Beach & Campground 90 125 -
Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area 90 94 -
Hickory Hills Campground - Well #1 82 264 -
Dollar General - Knox 79 6 -
Kps Korner 77 130 -
All Saints Catholic Church 75 256 -
Norton Packaging Inc. 70 21 -
Bass Lake Pub & Ristorante 57 22 -
Melody Drive in Theater 55 6 -
Bowlaway Lanes 55 46 -
Dollar General - Bass Lake 55 15 -
Jk Deli Inc. 54 36 -
Oasis Bar 53 73 -
St. Luke Community Church 51 34 -
Little Dove Community Baptist Church 45 28 -
Woodshed Tap 40 130 -
Hickory Hills Mobile Home Park - Well #2 40 361 -
Westrock 35 8 -
Lost Pines - Southeast Well 33 45 -
Lost Pines - Northwest Well 33 33 -
Time Out Bar and Grill 32 15 -
Dollar General #16975 - Walkerton 28 0 -
Dollar General #22281 - Hamlet 25 3 -
Dollar General - Knox 25 7 -
Dollar General #30419 (Knox) 25 9 -

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Starke County

Cross-state counties nearest Starke County on flagged-system share (97.9%) and cumulative violation count (4,989). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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