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Washburn County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI129 · Washburn County 130 sys · 1,965 viol · #2376/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 60.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 23.9% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2376/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.6 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 130 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Polk County ( -0.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Washburn County ranks #2,376 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #64 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Washburn County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 60.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 23.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Washburn County . Population served ranks #2,376 of 3,254 · #64 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Washburn County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Polk · near Douglas · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 60% 60.2% 60.8% 61.4% 62.1% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Spooner Waterworks 2,653 79 -
Shell Lake Waterworks 950 88 -
Minong Waterworks 561 285 -
Birchwood Waterworks 442 96 -
Northwood School 350 64 -
Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well 300 9 -
Friends of Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary Main Camp 275 1 -
Beaver Brook Sanitary District 200 100 -
Spooner Lake RV Resort 150 0 -
Beautiful Savior Luthern Church 150 0 -
Prime Bar Family Dining Inc 100 0 -
Tracks 100 16 -
River Church The 100 4 -
Buliks Mobile Home Park 93 164 -
Rockford House 70 16 -
Anchor Woods Campground 66 0 -
Whitetail Ridge SW Campground and Saloon 60 22 -
Stresau Lab 60 13 -
Red Barn Camping Maintenance 60 0 -
Tomahawk Scout Res Chippewa Dining 60 27 -
Shangri la West Lodge Campground 50 0 -
Sarona United Methodist Church 50 0 -
Spooner Golf Course Drinking Fountain 50 0 -
Spooner Professional Buildings 50 0 -
Butternut Hills Club House 50 10 -
Shangri la East Dump Station 45 0 -
Maple Terrace Resort Fish Houses 40 0 -
Christ Lutheran Church 40 17 -
Whitetail Ridge North Campground 30 4 -
Aaa Sports 30 0 -
VFW Post 10568 30 0 -
Hcc 2 West 25 21 -
WI Dva Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery 25 0 -
Hive on Long Lake The 25 41 -
Black Bear Golf Club 25 7 -
Veterans Peace Memorial Wayside 25 38 -
Tomahawk Scout Res Comanche 25 0 -
River Road RV Campground 25 0 -
Kingdom Hall Jehovah Witnesses 25 4 -
WI DNR Beaver Brook Wildlife Area 25 13 -
Maple Terrace Resort Main 25 0 -
Tomahawk Scout Res Chapel 25 0 -
Bay Park Resort Campground 25 0 -
Tomahawk Scout Res Logging Camp 25 4 -
Tomahawk Scout Res Welcome Center 25 0 -
Birch Trail Camp for Girls Wash House 25 0 -
Hcc American Eagle 25 16 -
Friends of Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary Rental Cabins 25 0 -
Tomahawk Scout Res Beach 25 0 -
Camp Namekagon Main Camp and Barn 25 0 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Washburn County

Cross-state counties nearest Washburn County on flagged-system share (60.8%) and cumulative violation count (1,965). 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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