La Barge, Town Of, WY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 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.
About La Barge, Town Of
La Barge, Town Of serves about 347 people through 256 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 surface water, in Lincoln County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600222; phone on file: 307-386-2676. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for La Barge, Town Of is 8 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 311 Wyoming systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. La Barge, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Wyoming and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
27 other systems share Lincoln County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than La Barge, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kemmerer-Diamondville Jpb | 3,348 | 2 ppb |
| Star Valley Ranch, Town Of | 2,894 | 8 ppb |
| Afton, Board Of Pub Utilities | 2,000 | 1 ppb |
| Leisure Valley Inc/ Star Valley Rv Park | 1,897 | 1 ppb |
| Alpine, Town Of | 1,300 | 1 ppb |
| Bedford Water & Sewer District | 750 | 1 ppb |
| Greater Smoot W&S District | 720 | 1 ppb |
| Cokeville, Town Of | 535 | 1.1 ppb |
| Nordic Ranches Water, Llc. | 465 | 3 ppb |
| Thayne, Town Of | 366 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in La Barge, Town Of'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 La Barge, Town Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1970 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.