Lone Oak Cabins, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Lone Oak Cabins at a glance
Lone Oak Cabins serves about 78 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Erath County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0720061; phone on file: 214-673-8848. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lone Oak Cabins is 21 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 21 ppb over 15 |
Against other Texas systems
Of the 4,447 Texas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.28 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 202 have gone over at some point. Lone Oak Cabins's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Texas and the 7th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Erath County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lone Oak Cabins. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Stephenville | 23,110 | 1.3 ppb |
| City Of Dublin | 3,388 | 3.53 ppb |
| Mountain Lakes Addition | 1,347 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barton Wsc | 1,104 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northside Water | 620 | 2.3 ppb |
| Green Creek Wsc | 555 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morgan Mill Wsc | 358 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bluff Dale Wsc | 270 | 2.9 ppb |
| Cattail Creek Mhp | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Equestrian Estates | 129 | 2.1 ppb |
Next steps for Dallas, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dallas, TX 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 Lone Oak Cabins 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.