Eagle Point, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.32 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Eagle Point, City Of
Eagle Point, City Of serves about 9,554 people through 3,477 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 Jackson County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100267; phone on file: 541-621-8055. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Eagle Point, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.56 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eagle Point, City Of is 3.89 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.56 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.89 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.56 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.51 ppb |
How Eagle Point, City Of compares
Of the 909 Oregon systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Eagle Point, City Of's 1.32 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Oregon and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
63 other systems share Jackson County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eagle Point, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Medford Water Commission | 106,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashland Water Department | 20,946 | 3.44 ppb |
| Central Point, City Of | 19,785 | 0.67 ppb |
| Talent, City Of | 6,293 | 0.55 ppb |
| Phoenix, City Of | 5,900 | 0.23 ppb |
| Jacksonville, City Of | 3,012 | 2.78 ppb |
| Rogue River, City Of | 2,345 | 0.71 ppb |
| Gold Hill, City Of | 1,335 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiland Wc - Shady Cove | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk City Water District | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eagle Point, OR 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 Eagle Point, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.