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Wadena County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN159 · Wadena County 44 sys · 319 viol · #2487/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 56.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 84.6% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2487/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 44 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wadena County ranks #2,487 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #68 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wadena County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 56.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 84.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,487 of 3,254 · #68 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wadena County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Scott · near Kandiyohi · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 56.4% 56.5% 56.8% 56.8% 56.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Wadena 4,332 0 Clean
Menahga 1,347 10 -
Sebeka 739 32 -
Verndale 506 14 -
Verndale School 100 7 -
Bethany Free Lutheran Church 90 6 -
Thomastown Covenant Church 80 0 -
Seventh Day Adventist Church 70 0 -
Menahga Assembly of God 70 0 -
Nimrod Evangelical Lutheran Church 65 0 -
Central Lakes College-Staples Wst Campus 51 6 -
St. Hubert's Catholic Church 50 7 -
Renneberg Hardwood, Inc. 50 13 -
Hope Chapel Alliance Church 50 7 -
Central United Methodist Church 30 13 -
Zion Lutheran Church 30 7 -
Wadena TimberRoots MTD/Round Rafter Shed 28 0 -
Anderson Crossing Campground 25 21 -
Whitetail Run Golf Course 25 0 -
Menahga Concrete Products, Inc. 25 0 -
H and R Block 25 0 -
Huntersville State Forest Campground 25 14 -
Shell City Campground 25 14 -
Twin Lakes Lodge 25 21 -
Bullard Bluff Campground 25 7 -
Cottingham Park Campsite 25 0 -
Knob Hill Campsite 25 0 -
Terry Motel 25 7 -
Nimrod Community Center 25 0 -
McGivern Park Campsite 25 0 -
Tree Farm Campsite 25 28 -
Frame's Landing Campsite 25 0 -
Old Wadena Campsite 25 14 -
Little White Dog Campsite 25 21 -
MN State Community and Technical College 25 0 -
Blueberry Pines Golf Club Inc. 25 0 -
Camp Emmaus 25 7 -
Countryside Mobile Home Court 25 14 -
The Outpost Inc. 25 0 -
Vintage at Staples 25 14 -
Wahoo Valley 25 0 -
R & J Cafe 25 8 -
Mid Summer Music Fest LLC 25 0 -
Nimrod Bar and Grill 25 7 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Wadena County

Cross-state counties nearest Wadena County on flagged-system share (56.8%) and cumulative violation count (319). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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