Beale Air Force Base, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Beale Air Force Base at a glance
Beale Air Force Base serves about 2,000 people through 841 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Yuba County, California. EPA system ID: CA5810700; phone on file: 530-634-4451. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Beale Air Force Base's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beale Air Force Base is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 2,884 California systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 30 are over 15 ppb right now and 215 have gone over at some point. Beale Air Force Base's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in California and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Yuba County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beale Air Force Base. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Linda County Water District | 21,654 | 1.69 ppb |
| Olivehurst Public Utility District | 16,595 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal-Water Service Co.-Marysville | 12,888 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plumas Lake | 11,374 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Wheatland | 4,124 | 0.63 ppb |
| North Yuba Water District | 2,772 | 2.43 ppb |
| River Highlands Csd | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Castlewood Mobile Home Park | 200 | 0.5 ppb |
| Countryside Mobile Home Park | 185 | 2.5 ppb |
| Camptonville Community Serv Dist | 180 | 10 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Beale Air Force Base's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Beale Air Force Base 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.