Cinnabar The, MT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Cinnabar The serves about 175 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Park County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0001557; phone on file: 406-848-9200. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 12 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cinnabar The is 15 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 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. Cinnabar The's 15 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Montana and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Park County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cinnabar The. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston City Of | 9,200 | 2 ppb |
| Gardiner Park Co Water Dist | 700 | 2 ppb |
| Clyde Park Water Dept | 300 | 2.49 ppb |
| Cooke City Water District | 300 | 2 ppb |
| Wilsall Water District | 250 | 2 ppb |
| East Gate Work Camp | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Age Village | 180 | 1 ppb |
| Avalon Subdivision | 135 | 0.44 ppb |
| Windmill Trailer Park Well 2 | 125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windmill Trailer Park Well 1 | 110 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gardiner, 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 Cinnabar The 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.