Fort Laramie, Town Of, WY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (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. 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 Fort Laramie, Town Of
Fort Laramie, Town Of serves about 230 people through 157 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Goshen County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600185; phone on file: 307-837-2711. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Laramie, Town Of is 11 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 11 ppb over 10 |
Where this result ranks
Of the 311 Wyoming systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. Fort Laramie, Town Of's 5 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Wyoming and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Goshen County
9 other systems share Goshen County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fort Laramie, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Torrington Municipal Water Dept, City Of | 6,847 | 5 ppb |
| Lingle, Town Of | 486 | 1 ppb |
| South Torrington Water District | 450 | 4 ppb |
| La Grange, Town Of | 448 | 4 ppb |
| Yoder, Town Of | 131 | 1 ppb |
| Dillman Estates | 100 | 1 ppb |
| Stone Creek Hoa | 100 | 7 ppb |
| Cottonwood Acres | 95 | 1 ppb |
| Potlatch Trailer Court | 70 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Laramie, WY 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 Fort Laramie, Town 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.