Mo American Wood Heights, MO
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.
About Mo American Wood Heights
Mo American Wood Heights serves about 750 people through 258 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ray County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010871; phone on file: 785-850-1655. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mo American Wood Heights's lead record
That is down 1.75 ppb from 1.75 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mo American Wood Heights is 4.77 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.75 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.72 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.72 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 4.77 ppb |
How Mo American Wood Heights compares
Of the 1,674 Missouri systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.04 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 74 have gone over at some point. Mo American Wood Heights's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Missouri and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Ray County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mo American Wood Heights. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond Pws | 5,797 | 8.33 ppb |
| Mo American Lawson | 2,546 | 2 ppb |
| Ray County Pwsd 1 | 2,490 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ray County Pwsd 3 | 1,970 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mo American Orrick | 752 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hardin Pws | 569 | 1.41 ppb |
| Henrietta Pws | 397 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Mo American Wood Heights'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 Mo American Wood Heights 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.