Burr Oak, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
About Burr Oak
Burr Oak serves about 828 people through 352 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in St. Joseph County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001000; phone on file: 269-489-5258. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Burr Oak's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Burr Oak is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,227 Michigan systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 31 are over 15 ppb right now and 109 have gone over at some point. Burr Oak's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Michigan and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share St. Joseph County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Burr Oak. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sturgis | 11,920 | 2 ppb |
| Three Rivers | 7,905 | 4 ppb |
| Constantine | 2,075 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lockport Township | 1,778 | 1.02 ppb |
| White Pigeon | 1,640 | 1.3 ppb |
| Centreville | 1,579 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Oaks Community College | 1,233 | 1.2 ppb |
| Colon | 1,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mendon | 920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clearwater Village Mobile Home Park | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Burr Oak, MI
Look up your address in Burr Oak'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 Burr Oak 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.