Swain County, North Carolina
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC173 · Swain County 56 sys · 5,377 viol · #2344/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 5.4% health
- RANK-LOWER #2344/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 98%
- SYS-MID 56 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Guilford County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Swain County ranks #2,344 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #90 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Swain County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.4% 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 #2,344 of 3,254 · #90 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Swain County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Swain County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Mid-flagged peers for Swain County
Cross-state counties nearest Swain County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (5,377). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.
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Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.
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Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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