Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge, 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.
Who runs the water here
Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge serves about 66 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Swain County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0187562. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other North Carolina systems
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. Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in North Carolina and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Swain County
4 other systems share Swain County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bryson City, Town Of | 4,395 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smoky Mtn Country Club Estates | 318 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whittier Sanitary District | 252 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pelohi Cove | 46 | 7 ppb |
Next steps for Bryson City, NC
Look up your address in Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge'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 Nantahala Outdoor--Flint Ridge 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.