Buttercup Shores, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
Buttercup Shores at a glance
Buttercup Shores serves about 40 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 Benzie County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001015; phone on file: 810-247-4566. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Buttercup Shores's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buttercup Shores is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
How Buttercup Shores compares
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. Buttercup Shores's 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Michigan and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Benzie County
9 other systems share Benzie County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buttercup Shores. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Frankfort, City Of | 1,286 | - |
| Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa | 700 | 3 ppb |
| Benzonia Village Of | 511 | 1 ppb |
| Thompsonville, Village Of | 438 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beulah, Village Of | 380 | 8 ppb |
| Elberta, Village Of | 372 | - |
| Crystal Ridge Condominium Association | 80 | - |
| Buena Vista Estates | 79 | 1 ppb |
| Crystal Highlands Subdivision | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beulah, MI 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 Buttercup Shores 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.