Crystal Falls Township - Lind, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 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 Crystal Falls Township - Lind
Crystal Falls Township - Lind serves about 990 people through 420 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 Iron County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003880; phone on file: 906-875-3062. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Crystal Falls Township - Lind's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crystal Falls Township - Lind is 2.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.3 ppb |
How Crystal Falls Township - Lind compares
Of the 1,227 Michigan systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 31 are over 15 ppb right now and 109 have gone over at some point. Crystal Falls Township - Lind's 1.8 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Michigan and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Iron County
14 other systems share Iron County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crystal Falls Township - Lind. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Iron River | 3,019 | 1.7 ppb |
| Crystal Falls | 1,922 | 1.1 ppb |
| Caspian | 997 | 2 ppb |
| Bates Township | 921 | - |
| Stambaugh Township-West Brule | 580 | - |
| Iron River Township-Beechwood | 440 | 1.4 ppb |
| Gaastra | 376 | 1.4 ppb |
| Hematite Township | 350 | 2 ppb |
| Crystal Falls Twp - Townline | 350 | 9 ppb |
| Iron River Township-Nash | 340 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Crystal Falls, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Crystal Falls, MI 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 Crystal Falls Township - Lind 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.