Nags Head, Town Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Nags Head, Town Of
Nags Head, Town Of serves about 3,125 people through 4,940 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 Dare County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0428010; phone on file: 252-449-4210. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nags Head, Town Of is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
How Nags Head, Town Of compares
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. Nags Head, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 66th percentile in North Carolina and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Dare County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nags Head, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dare County Water System | 28,732 | 3.9 ppb |
| Kill Devil Hills, Town Of | 7,200 | 2.3 ppb |
| Dare Co-Cape Hatteras Water | 5,486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manteo Town Of | 2,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dare Co-Rws Water System | 2,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dare Co-Stumpy Point Water Sys | 269 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Nags Head, Town Of'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 Nags Head, Town Of 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.