City Of Nocona, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.53 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 City Of Nocona
City Of Nocona serves about 3,170 people through 1,572 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 Montague County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1690002; phone on file: 940-825-3282. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
City Of Nocona's lead record
That is down 2.57 ppb from 10.1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Nocona is 10.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.53 ppb |
| 2025 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 6.35 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.18 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 4,447 Texas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.28 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 202 have gone over at some point. City Of Nocona's 7.53 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Texas and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Montague County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Nocona. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bowie | 5,534 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Saint Jo | 881 | 1 ppb |
| Amon G Carter Lake Wsc | 750 | 2 ppb |
| Nocona Hills Wsc | 600 | 1.5 ppb |
| Sunset Water System | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montague Water System | 540 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forestburg Wsc | 264 | 3 ppb |
| Oak Shores Water System | 234 | 3.3 ppb |
| Rra Ringgold | 172 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nocona, TX 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 City Of Nocona 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.