Gold Hill, City Of, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Gold Hill, City Of serves about 1,335 people through 562 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 Jackson County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100333; phone on file: 541-415-1117. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Gold Hill, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0.52 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gold Hill, City Of is 2.01 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.52 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.38 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.38 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.94 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.01 ppb |
Against other Oregon systems
Of the 909 Oregon systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Gold Hill, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Oregon and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Jackson County
63 other systems share Jackson County; 45 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gold Hill, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Medford Water Commission | 106,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashland Water Department | 20,946 | 3.44 ppb |
| Central Point, City Of | 19,785 | 0.67 ppb |
| Eagle Point, City Of | 9,554 | 1.32 ppb |
| Talent, City Of | 6,293 | 0.55 ppb |
| Phoenix, City Of | 5,900 | 0.23 ppb |
| Jacksonville, City Of | 3,012 | 2.78 ppb |
| Rogue River, City Of | 2,345 | 0.71 ppb |
| Hiland Wc - Shady Cove | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk City Water District | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Gold Hill, 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 Gold Hill, 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.