Cheboygan, City Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.9 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 Cheboygan, City Of
Cheboygan, City Of serves about 5,500 people through 2,021 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cheboygan County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001360; phone on file: 231-627-9931. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.2 ppb from 0.7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cheboygan, City Of is 4 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How Cheboygan, City Of 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. Cheboygan, City Of's 2.9 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Michigan and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cheboygan County
8 other systems share Cheboygan County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cheboygan, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mackinaw City, Village Of | 897 | 2 ppb |
| Point Nipigon Resort | 173 | - |
| Town And Country Mhp | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Pointe Ii Apartments | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burt View Association | 42 | - |
| South Pointe I Apartments | 32 | - |
| South Pointe Iii Apartments | 32 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indian River Mhp | 28 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cheboygan, 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 Cheboygan, City Of 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.