Lyn Haven Fire District 1, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Lyn Haven Fire District 1 serves about 100 people through 38 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 Caledonia County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005041; phone on file: 802-626-9040. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lyn Haven Fire District 1's lead record
That is up 1.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lyn Haven Fire District 1 is 1.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Lyn Haven Fire District 1 compares
Of the 372 Vermont systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 65 have gone over at some point. Lyn Haven Fire District 1's 1.6 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Vermont and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Caledonia County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lyn Haven Fire District 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Johnsbury Water System | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lyndonville Water System | 4,000 | 2.7 ppb |
| Hardwick Town Water System | 1,900 | 3.2 ppb |
| Burke Mountain Water Co | 1,058 | 1.1 ppb |
| Danville Fire District 1 | 500 | 1.3 ppb |
| St Johnsbury Center F D 1 | 370 | 6.7 ppb |
| East Hardwick Fire District 1 | 350 | 0.6 ppb |
| Barnet Fire District #2 | 205 | 8 ppb |
| Sutton Water System | 185 | 3.9 ppb |
| Mcindoe Falls Fire District 3 | 176 | 1.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lyndonville, VT 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 Lyn Haven Fire District 1 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.