Oxford, City 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.
Oxford, City Of at a glance
Oxford, City Of serves about 8,972 people through 3,486 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 Granville County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0239010; phone on file: 919-603-1152. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Oxford, City Of's lead record
That is down 8.7 ppb from 8.7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oxford, City Of is 8.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 8.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 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. Oxford, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 72nd percentile in North Carolina and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Granville County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oxford, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Granville Wtr&Sewer Authority | 18,555 | 3 ppb |
| Stovall, Town Of | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granville Family Park | 232 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lyon`S Mhp | 119 | 0.21 ppb |
| Ser J`S Country Living Mhp | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain Creek Water System | 55 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granville Pines Mhp | 53 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Oxford, NC
Look up your address in Oxford, City 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 Oxford, City 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.