Fort Bragg, City Of, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Fort Bragg, City Of
Fort Bragg, City Of serves about 7,117 people through 2,879 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 Mendocino County, California. EPA system ID: CA2310001; phone on file: 707-961-2845. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Bragg, City Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Fort Bragg, City Of compares
Of the 2,884 California systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 30 are over 15 ppb right now and 215 have gone over at some point. Fort Bragg, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 51st percentile in California and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
40 other systems share Mendocino County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fort Bragg, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ukiah, City Of | 16,067 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willits, City Of | 6,175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millview County Water District | 5,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Redwood Valley County Water District | 5,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow County Water District | 3,797 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brooktrails Township Csd | 3,632 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Gualala Water Company | 3,508 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rogina Water Company Inc. | 2,554 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laytonville County Water District | 1,152 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hopland Public Utility District | 1,076 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Fort Bragg, City Of'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 Fort Bragg, 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.