Autumn Grove, IN
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Autumn Grove at a glance
Autumn Grove serves about 67 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lagrange County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5244013; phone on file: 574-268-6218. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 17.8 ppb from 17.8 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Autumn Grove is 17.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 17.8 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
Of the 687 Indiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.31 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 36 have gone over at some point. Autumn Grove's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Indiana and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Lagrange County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Autumn Grove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lagrange Department Of Water Works | 2,625 | 0 (not detected) |
| Topeka Water Department | 1,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wolcottville Water Works | 1,035 | 1.36 ppb |
| Shipshewana Water Works | 703 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fawn River Crossing | 653 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Of The Woods Mhp | 46 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Leesburg, IN may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Autumn Grove whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. More in what a past exceedance means today.