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Upshur County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX459 · Upshur County 15 sys · 1,447 viol · #1095/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1095/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 93%
  • SYS-SMALL 15 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Upshur County ranks #1,095 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #81 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Upshur County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,095 of 3,254 · #81 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Upshur County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Cameron · near Uvalde · near Bee · highest 66.7% 93.3% 93.3% 93.3% 93.3% 93.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Pritchett Water Supply Corporation 10,089 22 Clean
City of Gilmer 7,812 10 Clean
Diana Sud 7,320 33 Detected
Glenwood WSC 3,738 95 -
Union Grove WSC 3,198 25 -
City of East Mountain 2,331 22 -
City of Big Sandy 1,660 116 -
City of Ore City 1,509 40 -
Harmony Isd 1,170 54 -
Rosewood Water System 639 299 -
Brookshires Camp Joy Water System 348 100 -
Friendship Water System 330 351 -
International Alert Academy 300 86 -
Country Club Estates 96 194 -
Tuels M & E T Restaurant 75 0 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Upshur County

Cross-state counties nearest Upshur County on flagged-system share (93.3%) and cumulative violation count (1,447). 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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