Latimer Co. Rwd #2, OK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.29 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.
Latimer Co. Rwd #2 at a glance
Latimer Co. Rwd #2 serves about 1,500 people through 565 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 surface water, in Latimer County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3003903; phone on file: 918-522-4272. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (3.28 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Latimer Co. Rwd #2 is 36.48 ppb across 20 monitoring periods, 4 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.29 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.28 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.75 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.53 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.37 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.85 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.89 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.37 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.63 ppb |
| 2020 | 9.85 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.42 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.65 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.49 ppb |
| 2018 | 28.29 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 18.73 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 13.25 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 24.96 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 36.48 ppb over 15 |
Against other Oklahoma systems
Of the 870 Oklahoma systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.81 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Latimer Co. Rwd #2's 2.29 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Oklahoma and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Latimer County
5 other systems share Latimer County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Latimer Co. Rwd #2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wilburton | 3,025 | 1.9 ppb |
| Latimer Co. Rwd #1 | 2,750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Oak Pwa | 581 | 0 (not detected) |
| Latimer Co. Rwd #4 | 412 | 2.6 ppb |
| Latimer Co. Rwd #3 | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Talihina, OK 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 Latimer Co. Rwd #2 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2295.8 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.