Mcintosh Co. Rwd #6 (Vivian), OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.97 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 #6 (Vivian) serves about 1,500 people through 828 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 Mcintosh County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2004913; phone on file: 918-689-5596. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mcintosh Co. Rwd #6 (Vivian)'s lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1.77 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcintosh Co. Rwd #6 (Vivian) is 3.75 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.97 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.77 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.52 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.92 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.59 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.82 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.84 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.12 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.82 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.84 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.75 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.13 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
Against other Oklahoma systems
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 #6 (Vivian)'s 2.97 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Oklahoma and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Mcintosh County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Mcintosh Co. Rwd #6 (Vivian). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mcintosh Co. Rwd #8 (Texanna) | 3,574 | 0 (not detected) |
| Checotah Pwa | 3,481 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcintosh Co. Rws & Swmd #2 (Onapa) | 2,774 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eufaula Pwa | 2,766 | 1 ppb |
| Mcintosh Co. Rwd #5 | 1,900 | 1.91 ppb |
| Mcintosh Co. Rws & Swmd #9 | 1,761 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcintosh Co. Rwd #3 (Victor) | 920 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mcintosh Co. Rwd #7 | 200 | 3 ppb |
| Shell Creek Rwd #12, Mcintosh Co. | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hanna Pwa | 133 | 0.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eufaula, 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 #6 (Vivian) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1660 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.