Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village at a glance
Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village serves about 25 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Watauga County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0195176; phone on file: 828-865-0280. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village is 3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village's 3 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in North Carolina and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Watauga County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boone, Town Of | 19,811 | 2.5 ppb |
| Appalachian State Univ Wtp | 11,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beech Mountain, Town Of | 2,468 | 5 ppb |
| Blowing Rock, Town Of | 1,637 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hound Ears Water System | 975 | 0 (not detected) |
| Echota S/D | 710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powder Horn Mountain | 548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mill Ridge Poa | 427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seven Devils, Town Of | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ski Mountain S/D | 397 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Boone, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boone, 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 Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.