Fort Towson, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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.
Who runs the water here
Fort Towson serves about 611 people through 405 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2001207; phone on file: 580-873-2628. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Fort Towson's lead record
That is down 1.66 ppb from 2.96 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Towson is 2.96 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.96 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.87 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 870 Oklahoma systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.81 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Fort Towson's 1.3 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Oklahoma and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Choctaw County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fort Towson. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hugo Municipal Authority | 5,536 | 1.93 ppb |
| Choctaw Co. Rwd #1 | 2,300 | 0.83 ppb |
| Boswell Public Works Authority | 932 | 0.89 ppb |
| Choctaw Co. Rwsg & Swmd #6 | 850 | 2.77 ppb |
| Choctaw Co. Rwd #2 | 373 | 0 (not detected) |
| Soper | 300 | 0.28 ppb |
| Choctaw Co. Rwsg & Swmd #3 | 235 | 0.61 ppb |
| Salt Creek Camp South | 80 | - |
Next steps for Fort Towson, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Towson, OK 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 Towson 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.