Buffalo Creek Estates, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Buffalo Creek Estates serves about 300 people through 93 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5117530; phone on file: 434-572-6713. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buffalo Creek Estates is 0 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Buffalo Creek Estates compares
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Buffalo Creek Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Virginia and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Mecklenburg County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buffalo Creek Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Hill, Town Of | 4,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roanoke River Service Authority | 3,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chase City,Town Of | 2,242 | 2.21 ppb |
| Clarksville, Town Of | 1,400 | 2.14 ppb |
| River Ridge | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| La Crosse, Town Of | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxland Cove | 473 | 3.81 ppb |
| Boydton, Town Of | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Creek Landing | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Joyceville-Holly Grove | 205 | 2.88 ppb |
Next steps for Buffalo Junction, VA
Look up your address in Buffalo Creek Estates'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 Buffalo Creek Estates 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.