Chouteau, OK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Chouteau at a glance
Chouteau serves about 2,100 people through 1,031 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 surface water, in Mayes County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3004615; phone on file: 918-476-8925. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Chouteau's lead record
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chouteau is 4.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 870 Oklahoma systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.81 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Chouteau's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Oklahoma and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Mayes County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chouteau. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pryor | 8,784 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mayes Co Rwd # 2 | 6,280 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mayes Co Rwd #4 | 4,183 | 0 (not detected) |
| Okla Ordnance Works Authority | 4,000 | 2.7 ppb |
| Mayes Co Rwd # 6 | 3,750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mayes Co Rwd # 5 | 3,360 | 1.1 ppb |
| Mayes Co Rwd # 9 | 2,578 | 1.7 ppb |
| Mayes Co Rwd # 3 | 2,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Locust Grove Pwa | 1,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salina Pwa | 1,422 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Chouteau'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 Chouteau 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.