Northeast Florida State Hospital, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Northeast Florida State Hospital
Northeast Florida State Hospital serves about 1,800 people through 62 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Baker County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2020815; phone on file: 904-259-6261. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Northeast Florida State Hospital's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northeast Florida State Hospital is 22 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 22 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 10.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,481 Florida systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 85 have gone over at some point. Northeast Florida State Hospital's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 22nd percentile in Florida and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Baker County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Northeast Florida State Hospital. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Macclenny | 6,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Baker Correctional Institution | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Glen St. Mary | 428 | 0.7 ppb |
Next steps for Macclenny, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Macclenny, FL 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 Northeast Florida State Hospital 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.