Logan, City Of, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Logan, City Of at a glance
Logan, City Of serves about 6,704 people through 3,600 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hocking County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH3700612; phone on file: 740-385-4060. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Logan, City Of is 1.8 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,079 Ohio systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.7 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 27 have gone over at some point. Logan, City Of's 1.5 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Ohio and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Hocking County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Logan, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Hill Water Association | 910 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laurelville, Vlg Of | 586 | 0.5 ppb |
| Murray City Village Pws | 449 | 3.2 ppb |
| Old Straitsville-Rockbridge | 361 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ponderosa Estates Pws | 35 | 8 ppb |
| Scenic Hills Estates | 32 | 6.3 ppb |
Next steps for Logan, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Logan, OH 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 Logan, City Of 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.