Kinderhook, IL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Kinderhook
Kinderhook serves about 322 people through 124 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Pike County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1490400; phone on file: 217-653-4724. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Kinderhook's lead record
That is up 1.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kinderhook is 19 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 7 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 12 ppb over 10 |
How Kinderhook compares
Of the 1,744 Illinois systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 22 are over 15 ppb right now and 152 have gone over at some point. Kinderhook's 1.7 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Illinois and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pike County
12 other systems share Pike County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kinderhook. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pike County Pwd 1 | 5,375 | 4.4 ppb |
| Pittsfield | 4,697 | 1.5 ppb |
| Barry | 1,318 | 1.4 ppb |
| Griggsville | 1,097 | 5 ppb |
| Pleasant Hill | 1,004 | 2.6 ppb |
| Hull | 435 | 2.2 ppb |
| Perry | 388 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Canton | 359 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nebo | 280 | 2.3 ppb |
| Milton | 271 | 1.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kinderhook, IL 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 Kinderhook 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.