City Of Yorktown, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.27 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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 Yorktown
City Of Yorktown serves about 1,871 people through 1,950 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 groundwater, in Dewitt County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0620004; phone on file: 361-564-2611. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Yorktown's lead record
That is down 5.73 ppb from 7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Yorktown is 7 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.27 ppb |
| 2022 | 7 ppb |
How City Of Yorktown compares
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 Yorktown's 1.27 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Texas and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Dewitt County
3 other systems share Dewitt County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Yorktown. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cuero | 9,807 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Yoakum | 5,814 | 1.1 ppb |
| City Of Nordheim | 336 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Yorktown, 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 Yorktown 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.