Estacada, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
Who runs the water here
Estacada, City Of serves about 5,750 people through 2,060 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 Clackamas County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100279; phone on file: 503-630-8270. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Estacada, City Of is 3.2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.2 ppb |
Against other Oregon systems
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. Estacada, City Of's 2.1 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Oregon and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
85 other systems share Clackamas County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Estacada, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Water Authority | 50,003 | 3 ppb |
| Lake Oswego Municipal Water | 40,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Oregon City | 33,940 | 1.84 ppb |
| Oak Lodge Water Services | 30,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Clackamas River Water | 29,918 | 1.73 ppb |
| West Linn, City Of | 28,000 | 1.84 ppb |
| Wilsonville, City Of | 25,915 | 7.6 ppb |
| Milwaukie, City Of | 20,946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clackamas River Water - Clairmont | 19,928 | 1.99 ppb |
| Canby Utility | 18,754 | 2.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Estacada, 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 Estacada, 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.