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Traverse County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN155 · Traverse County 12 sys · 238 viol · #3027/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 58.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 60.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3027/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 12 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Traverse County ranks #3,027 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #86 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Traverse County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 58.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 60.1% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Traverse County . Population served ranks #3,027 of 3,254 · #86 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Traverse County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Goodhue · near Wilkin · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 57.8% 58.2% 58.3% 58.3% 58.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Wheaton 1,465 27 -
Browns Valley 566 27 -
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 100 7 -
Dumont 75 99 -
Tintah 68 54 -
Immanual Lutheran Church 60 0 -
Dollymount Dairy 36 0 -
Wheaton Agronomy Center 30 0 -
Wheaton Country Club 30 0 -
Wing and Fin Resort 30 20 -
Traverse County Park 25 0 -
Rosebud RV Park 25 4 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Traverse County

Cross-state counties nearest Traverse County on flagged-system share (58.3%) and cumulative violation count (238). 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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