Holgate Village, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Holgate Village
Holgate Village serves about 1,150 people through 495 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 Henry County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH3500512; phone on file: 419-264-3612. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Holgate Village is 9.9 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 9.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Holgate Village compares
Of the 1,079 Ohio systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.7 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 27 have gone over at some point. Holgate Village's 1 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Ohio and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Henry County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Holgate Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Napoleon City | 8,858 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deshler Village | 1,578 | 2.5 ppb |
| Liberty Center Village | 1,350 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hamler Village | 580 | 0 (not detected) |
| Florida Village | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwestern W And Sd - Co Rd P Pws | 440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwestern W And Sd - Sr 108 Pws | 267 | 0 (not detected) |
| Malinta Village | 265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Genacross Family And Youth Services Pws | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Holgate, OH 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 Holgate 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.