Hugo Town Of, CO
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.
Who runs the water here
Hugo Town Of serves about 885 people through 484 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 Lincoln County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0137010; phone on file: 719-743-2485. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hugo Town Of is 6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,025 Colorado systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Hugo Town Of's 3 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Colorado and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Lincoln County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Hugo Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Limon Town Of | 5,080 | 0 (not detected) |
| Limon Correctional Facility | 1,289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arriba Town Of | 216 | 0 (not detected) |
| Genoa Town Of | 153 | 0 (not detected) |
| Karval Water Users Inc | 102 | 0.5 ppb |
| Deer Run Mobile Home Community | 49 | 5.96 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hugo, CO 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 Hugo Town 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.