Laurel Mountain Estates, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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 Laurel Mountain Estates
Laurel Mountain Estates serves about 70 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ashe County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0105107. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Laurel Mountain Estates is 0 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
How Laurel Mountain Estates compares
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. Laurel Mountain Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in North Carolina and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Ashe County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Laurel Mountain Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson, Town Of | 1,740 | 3 ppb |
| West Jefferson, Town Of | 1,321 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jefferson Landing | 653 | 3 ppb |
| Fleetwood Falls Water System | 519 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Manor-Nikanor Sect | 320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lansing, Town Of | 228 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairway Ridge Water Assoc Inc | 173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buffalo Meadows S/D | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Mnr Ashe Lake Beaver Crk Sec | 51 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Manor Ash Lake-Holiday Ln Sec | 46 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Laurel Mountain Estates'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 Laurel Mountain Estates whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1420 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.