Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist, OR
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 44.2 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
About Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist
Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist serves about 135 people through 54 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100514; phone on file: 541-840-0612. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 39.17 ppb from 5.03 ppb in the period ending 2026. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist is 44.2 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 44.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2026 | 5.03 ppb |
| 2025 | 44 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 9 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.26 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.26 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.9 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist's 44.2 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Oregon and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
63 other systems share Jackson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist. 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 |
| Eagle Point, City Of | 9,554 | 1.32 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) |
What to do in your house
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Fern Valley Estates Impr Dist 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.