Yancey County, North Carolina
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC199 · Yancey County 27 sys · 2,598 viol · #2397/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 85.2% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 4.1% health
- RANK-LOWER #2397/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 96%
- SYS-SMALL 27 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jackson County (+ 0.5 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Yancey County ranks #2,397 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #92 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Yancey County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 85.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,397 of 3,254 · #92 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Yancey County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Yancey County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnsville, Town Of | 4,069 | 378 | Clean |
| Mt Mitchell State Park | 2,400 | 48 | - |
| Mountain Air | 664 | 27 | - |
| Mt Mitchell Lands | 650 | 40 | - |
| Dollar General #20458 | 200 | 0 | - |
| Double Island Baptist Church | 125 | 116 | - |
| Faith Fellowship Church | 125 | 44 | - |
| Bolen`s Creek Baptist Church | 120 | 122 | - |
| Mt Pleasant Baptist Church | 120 | 22 | - |
| South Toe Elem School | 119 | 640 | - |
| Covey Rock Fwb Church | 110 | 28 | - |
| Carolina Hemlocks Cmpgp | 100 | 118 | - |
| Higgins Fwb Church | 85 | 45 | - |
| South Estatoe Baptist Church | 80 | 7 | - |
| Low Gap Fwb Church | 65 | 85 | - |
| North Bend Fwb Church | 60 | 0 | - |
| Bowditch Union Church | 60 | 0 | - |
| Celo United Methodist Church | 55 | 12 | - |
| High Pastures | 50 | 33 | - |
| High Pastures - Laurel Lodge | 50 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Morgan School | 42 | 225 | - |
| Windom United Meth Church | 40 | 46 | - |
| Compassionate Care of Wnc | 35 | 6 | - |
| Summit Building Supply | 28 | 414 | - |
| Bald Creek Child Development | 25 | 57 | - |
| Poplar Grove Mini Mart | 25 | 79 | - |
| Celo Health Center | 25 | 6 | - |
Compare beyond North Carolina
Lower-flagged peers for Yancey County
Cross-state counties nearest Yancey County on flagged-system share (85.2%) and cumulative violation count (2,598). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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