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Watonwan County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN165 · Watonwan County 13 sys · 216 viol · #2452/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 37.5% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2452/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Watonwan County ranks #2,452 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #65 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Watonwan County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 37.5% 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 #2,452 of 3,254 · #65 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Watonwan County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Nobles · near 22.2% 92.3% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Saint James 4,611 6 Clean
Madelia 2,319 19 -
Butterfield 586 26 -
Watonwan Rest Area MNDOT 500 7 -
Lewisville 225 6 -
Ormsby 129 24 -
Odin 109 13 -
St. James Golf Course/River's Edge Grill 100 7 -
LaSalle 90 41 -
Darfur 87 35 -
Crystal Valley-Madelia Hwy 60 30 12 -
Sands Country Cove Campground 25 7 -
Watonwan County Eagles Nest Park 25 13 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Mid-flagged peers for Watonwan County

Cross-state counties nearest Watonwan County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (216). 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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