Burlington, Town Of, WY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Burlington, Town Of
Burlington, Town Of serves about 348 people through 150 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Big Horn County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5601098; phone on file: 307-272-0534. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Burlington, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Burlington, Town Of is 4 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Burlington, Town Of compares
Of the 311 Wyoming systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. Burlington, Town Of's 1 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Wyoming and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Big Horn County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Burlington, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lovell, Town Of | 2,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greybull, Town Of | 2,080 | 1 ppb |
| Basin, Town Of | 1,250 | 3 ppb |
| South Big Horn County Jpb | 900 | 1 ppb |
| Cowley, Town Of | 800 | 3 ppb |
| Byron, Town Of | 561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deaver Municipal Water System | 176 | 0 (not detected) |
| Frannie, Town Of | 160 | 1 ppb |
| South End Water Users S&I District | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shell Town Water Improvement District | 120 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Burlington, WY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Burlington, WY 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 Burlington, Town Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1890 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.