Cherry View, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
About Cherry View
Cherry View serves about 352 people through 155 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Flathead County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0004856; phone on file: 406-844-3881. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 9 ppb from 10 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cherry View is 10 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 10 ppb |
| 2017 | 9 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 753 Montana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 28 have gone over at some point. Cherry View's 1 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Montana and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
135 other systems share Flathead County; 53 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cherry View. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kalispell Public Works | 25,000 | 2 ppb |
| Whitefish City Of | 10,418 | 2 ppb |
| Flathead County Water And Sewer | 9,520 | 1 ppb |
| Bigfork County Water And Sewer | 6,100 | 2 ppb |
| Columbia Falls City Of | 4,450 | 4 ppb |
| Big Mountain Water Company | 2,435 | 7 ppb |
| Lakeside Water System | 1,225 | 3 ppb |
| Hungry Horse Co Water And Sewer District | 1,135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadow Lake Co Water And Sewer District | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Somers Co Water And Sewer Dist | 765 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Lakeside, MT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakeside, MT 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 Cherry View 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.