Hinckley, MN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Hinckley serves about 1,964 people through 662 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 groundwater, in Pine County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1580005; phone on file: 3203847491. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Hinckley's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hinckley is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Hinckley compares
Of the 966 Minnesota systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 48 have gone over at some point. Hinckley's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Minnesota and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Pine County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hinckley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pine City | 3,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Federal Correctional Institution | 1,587 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandstone | 1,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow River | 410 | 11 ppb |
| Sturgeon Lake | 406 | 3 ppb |
| Askov | 364 | 0 (not detected) |
| Finlayson | 315 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mn Correctional Facility - Willow River | 240 | 2 ppb |
| Cross Lake Housing Development | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brook Park | 133 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hinckley, MN
Look up your address in Hinckley'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 Hinckley 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.