Five Oaks S/D, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Five Oaks S/D
Five Oaks S/D serves about 99 people through 39 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Alexander County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0102127; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Five Oaks S/D is 2.13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.13 ppb |
Against other North Carolina systems
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. Five Oaks S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in North Carolina and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Alexander County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Five Oaks S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Energy United Water Corp | 21,148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alexander Co Wtr Dist | 13,064 | 0 (not detected) |
| Taylorsville, Town Of | 3,042 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillsboro S/D | 170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Wood Estates | 109 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heritage Farms S/D | 84 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forest Acres Water Corporation | 79 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cary, NC
Look up your address in Five Oaks S/D's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Five Oaks S/D 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.