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Wheeler County, Oregon

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OR069 · Wheeler County 5 sys · 369 viol · #3173/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.4% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3173/3254
  • 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: Multnomah County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wheeler County ranks #3,173 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #36 of 36 counties in Oregon. 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 14.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Wheeler County . Population served ranks #3,173 of 3,254 · #36 of 36 in Oregon.

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% Polk · lowest Benton · near 86.2% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Fossil, City Of 470 129 -
Spray, City Of 139 139 -
Mitchell, City Of 138 75 -
Nps John Day NM/Painted Hills 125 18 -
Nps John Day NM/Clarno 70 8 -

Compare beyond Oregon

Mid-flagged peers for Wheeler County

Cross-state counties nearest Wheeler County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (369). 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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