Franklinville, Town Of, NC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Franklinville, Town Of
Franklinville, Town Of serves about 1,400 people through 600 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 Randolph County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0276035. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Franklinville, Town Of's lead record
That is up 11 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Franklinville, Town Of is 11 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Franklinville, Town Of's 11 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in North Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Randolph County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Franklinville, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheboro, City Of | 27,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Archdale, City Of | 12,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Randleman, City Of | 4,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty, Town Of | 2,655 | 8.7 ppb |
| Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist | 2,413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ramseur, Town Of | 1,790 | 0 (not detected) |
| Richland Village Mhp | 389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hidden Forest Mhp | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canterbury Trails | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Piedmont Estates | 233 | 1.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Franklinville, NC 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 Franklinville, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.