Fyre Lake Water Company, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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. 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
Fyre Lake Water Company serves about 760 people through 304 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mercer County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1315050; phone on file: 309-230-8211. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fyre Lake Water Company is 7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
How Fyre Lake Water Company compares
Of the 1,744 Illinois systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 22 are over 15 ppb right now and 152 have gone over at some point. Fyre Lake Water Company's 2.2 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Illinois and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mercer County
13 other systems share Mercer County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fyre Lake Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aledo | 3,470 | 3 ppb |
| Viola | 869 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sherrard | 785 | 1.9 ppb |
| Keithsburg | 747 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Windsor | 740 | 6.2 ppb |
| Matherville | 651 | 11.6 ppb |
| New Boston | 613 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forrest Brooke Mhp | 491 | - |
| Joy | 377 | 1.7 ppb |
| North Henderson | 172 | 1.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sherrard, IL 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 Fyre Lake Water Company 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.