Oakfield Town, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Oakfield Town serves about 864 people through 415 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 surface water, in Genesee County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1830042. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakfield Town is 7.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Against other New York systems
Of the 2,077 New York systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.5 ppb; 17 are over 15 ppb right now and 165 have gone over at some point. Oakfield Town's 1.3 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in New York and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Genesee County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oakfield Town. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mcwa Genesee | 16,541 | 5.4 ppb |
| Batavia City | 15,475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Batavia Consolidated W.D. | 5,445 | 2.6 ppb |
| Oakfield Village | 1,679 | 2 ppb |
| Elba Town Wd2 | 1,129 | 3.5 ppb |
| Alabama Water District No.2 | 1,119 | 3.5 ppb |
| Alexander Village | 785 | 0.45 ppb |
| Alexander Town Wd2 | 744 | 3.5 ppb |
| Elba Village | 706 | 5.4 ppb |
| Townline Road Wd | 632 | 3.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; your state 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 Oakfield Town 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.