Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd, OR
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.3 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd serves about 1,500 people through 575 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 Curry County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100329; phone on file: 541-247-2614. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd's lead record
That is up 6.89 ppb from 3.41 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd is 10.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 3.41 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.88 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.81 ppb |
Against other Oregon systems
Of the 909 Oregon systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd's 10.3 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Oregon and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Curry County
11 other systems share Curry County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brookings, City Of | 7,120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harbor Water Pud | 3,150 | 6 ppb |
| Gold Beach, City Of | 3,000 | 8.14 ppb |
| Port Orford, City Of | 1,200 | 1.44 ppb |
| Langlois Water District | 220 | 1.73 ppb |
| Rainbow Rock Village Mhp | 115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whaleshead Beach Resort, Llc | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rainbow Rock Service Association | 80 | 2.15 ppb |
| Saunders Creek Hoc | 75 | 9.1 ppb |
| Elk River Campground | 64 | 0.54 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ophir, OR 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 Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.