Clifton Forge, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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 Clifton Forge, Town Of
Clifton Forge, Town Of serves about 3,884 people through 1,754 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 surface water, in Alleghany County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2560100; phone on file: 540-863-2522. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Clifton Forge, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clifton Forge, Town Of is 3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Clifton Forge, Town Of's 2.4 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Virginia and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Alleghany County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clifton Forge, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pounding Mill | 1,965 | 3.5 ppb |
| Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge | 1,884 | 0.87 ppb |
| Cliftondale Park/ Wilson Creek/ Sharon | 1,860 | 2.7 ppb |
| Intervale/Clearwater Park | 1,332 | 0.5 ppb |
| Rosedale/Callaghan | 858 | 0.82 ppb |
| Cherokee | 504 | 0.46 ppb |
| Iron Gate, Town Of | 408 | 1.54 ppb |
| Wesgate | 288 | 1.5 ppb |
| Longdale Furnace | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Clifton Forge, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clifton Forge, VA 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 Clifton Forge, Town 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.