Cleveland City Of, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.02 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. 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.
Cleveland City Of at a glance
Cleveland City Of serves about 83 people through 60 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Stutsman County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND4700188; phone on file: 701-763-6410. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (3.04 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cleveland City Of is 3.04 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.02 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.04 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.96 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.41 ppb |
How Cleveland City Of compares
Of the 300 North Dakota systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.91 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 20 have gone over at some point. Cleveland City Of's 3.02 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in North Dakota and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Stutsman County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cleveland City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jamestown City Of | 15,427 | 9.08 ppb |
| Stutsman Rural Water District | 5,550 | 1.4 ppb |
| Medina City Of | 308 | 2.15 ppb |
| Streeter City Of | 170 | 0.68 ppb |
| Kensal City Of | 163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montpelier City Of | 87 | 1.72 ppb |
| Woodworth City Of | 50 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cleveland, ND 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 Cleveland City Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.