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Wichita County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX485 · Wichita County 9 sys · 535 viol · #420/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 42.8% health
  • RANK-TOP #420/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wichita County ranks #420 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wichita 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 42.8% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #420 of 3,254 · #34 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wichita County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Bee · highest Hidalgo · near Guadalupe · near 66.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Wichita Falls 102,316 23 Detected
Sheppard Air Force Base 19,500 41 Detected
City of Burkburnett 10,978 206 Detected
Wichita Valley WSC 7,710 21 Detected
City of Iowa Park 6,612 7 Detected
City of Electra 2,559 128 -
Friberg-Cooper WSC 981 36 -
Town of Pleasant Valley 330 62 -
Horseshoe Bend Estates 130 11 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Wichita County

Cross-state counties nearest Wichita County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (535). 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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