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Wheeler County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE183 · Wheeler County 5 sys · 159 viol · #3213/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 39.0% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3213/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 5 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wheeler County ranks #3,213 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #80 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wheeler 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 39.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Wheeler County . Population served ranks #3,213 of 3,254 · #80 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wheeler County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Blaine · highest Colfax · near Cuming · near 57.1% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Pibel Lake Recreation Area 200 7 -
Wagon Wheel Saloon & Steakhouse 93 29 -
Bartlett, Village Of 90 50 -
Ericson, Village Of 90 65 -
4-Corners Bar & Grill 25 8 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Mid-flagged peers for Wheeler County

Cross-state counties nearest Wheeler County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (159). 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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