Martin Creek, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Martin Creek at a glance
Martin Creek serves about 391 people through 156 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 Roanoke County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2161115. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.5 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Martin Creek is 3.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.4 ppb |
Against other Virginia systems
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Martin Creek's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Virginia and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Roanoke County
4 other systems share Roanoke County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Martin Creek. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Catawba Hospital | 444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yellow Mountain Village | 196 | 1.4 ppb |
| Blackwood | 194 | 9.9 ppb |
| Carolina Village | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Martin Creek'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 Martin Creek 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.