Jackson, MN
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Jackson at a glance
Jackson serves about 3,323 people through 1,605 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1320003; phone on file: 5078474410. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Jackson's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson is 11 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Jackson's 11 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Minnesota and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Jackson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lakefield | 1,694 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heron Lake | 691 | 2 ppb |
| Okabena | 188 | 3 ppb |
| Alpha | 112 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilder | 60 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jackson, MN 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 Jackson 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.