Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells), OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.08 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells) serves about 1,465 people through 603 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2005603; phone on file: 918-652-8709. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells)'s lead record
That is down 1.36 ppb from 3.44 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells) is 11.5 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.08 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.44 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.08 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 11.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 3.81 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.27 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 870 Oklahoma systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.81 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells)'s 2.08 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Oklahoma and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Okmulgee County
14 other systems share Okmulgee County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Okmulgee Pwa | 13,495 | 3.1 ppb |
| Okmulgee Co. Rwd #6 (Hectorville) | 8,370 | 5 ppb |
| Henryetta Municipal Authority | 6,096 | 1.54 ppb |
| Okmulgee Co. Rwd #20 | 2,377 | 2.1 ppb |
| Okmulgee Co. Rwd #7 (Nuyaka) | 2,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Okmulgee Co. Rwd #2 (Preston) | 2,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| Okmulgee Co. Rwd #4 | 1,913 | 0 (not detected) |
| Okmulgee Co. Rwd #1 | 1,890 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morris | 1,460 | 1.8 ppb |
| Beggs Public Works Authority | 1,364 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Henryetta, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Henryetta, OK 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 Mcintosh Co. Rwd #13 (Wells) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1560 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.