North Wilkesboro, Town Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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 North Wilkesboro, Town Of
North Wilkesboro, Town Of serves about 4,265 people through 1,829 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0197010; phone on file: 336-838-2371. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Wilkesboro, Town Of is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. North Wilkesboro, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 68th percentile in North Carolina and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Wilkes County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Wilkesboro, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Wilkes Wtr Association Inc | 12,573 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Water Association | 8,486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc | 8,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilkesboro, Town Of | 3,687 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broadway Water Association | 3,556 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moravian Falls Water System | 3,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ronda, Town Of | 938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Mtn Club | 685 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eckerd Of Boomer | 33 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for N. Wilkesboro, NC
Look up your address in North Wilkesboro, 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 North Wilkesboro, 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.