Morrison Creek Metro District, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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
Morrison Creek Metro District serves about 800 people through 444 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 Routt County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0154518; phone on file: 970-736-8250. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Morrison Creek Metro District is 4.5 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
Against other Colorado systems
Of the 1,025 Colorado systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Morrison Creek Metro District's 0.7 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Colorado and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Routt County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Morrison Creek Metro District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mt Werner Wd | 19,000 | 2 ppb |
| Steamboat Springs City Of | 9,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Town Of | 3,982 | 2.4 ppb |
| Steamboat Ii Md | 1,450 | 8.2 ppb |
| Oak Creek Town Of | 950 | 0.8 ppb |
| Yampa Town Of | 467 | 5.1 ppb |
| Steamboat Lake Wd | 411 | 2.4 ppb |
| Tree Haus Md | 248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Catamount Md Lake Property | 219 | 1 ppb |
| Phippsburg Town Of | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oak Creek, CO 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 Morrison Creek Metro District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.