Lance Creek Water District, WY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Lance Creek Water District
Lance Creek Water District serves about 55 people through 35 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 Niobrara County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600109; phone on file: 000-000-0000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 10 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2026. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lance Creek Water District is 11 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 7 ppb |
| 2020 | 8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Lance Creek Water District's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Wyoming and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Niobrara County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lance Creek Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lusk, Town Of | 1,576 | 2 ppb |
| Manville, Town Of | 97 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lance Creek, WY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lance Creek, WY 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 Lance Creek Water District 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.