City Of Wheatland, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.63 ppb (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. 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 Wheatland
City Of Wheatland serves about 4,124 people through 1,316 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 Yuba County, California. EPA system ID: CA5810004; phone on file: 530-633-2785. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0.65 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Wheatland is 2.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.63 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.65 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
Against other California systems
Of the 2,884 California systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 30 are over 15 ppb right now and 215 have gone over at some point. City Of Wheatland's 0.63 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in California and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Yuba County
20 other systems share Yuba County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Wheatland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Linda County Water District | 21,654 | 1.69 ppb |
| Olivehurst Public Utility District | 16,595 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal-Water Service Co.-Marysville | 12,888 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plumas Lake | 11,374 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Yuba Water District | 2,772 | 2.43 ppb |
| Beale Air Force Base | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Highlands Csd | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Castlewood Mobile Home Park | 200 | 0.5 ppb |
| Countryside Mobile Home Park | 185 | 2.5 ppb |
| Camptonville Community Serv Dist | 180 | 10 ppb |
Next steps for Wheatland, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wheatland, CA 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 Wheatland 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.