Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch serves about 268 people through 83 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in El Paso County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0121550; phone on file: 303-692-3583. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch is 10.1 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 8.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,025 Colorado systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch's 2.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Colorado and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
69 other systems share El Paso County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs Utilities | 464,111 | 5.7 ppb |
| Us Department Of The Army Fort Carson | 48,000 | 10.4 ppb |
| Cherokee Md | 29,610 | 2 ppb |
| Widefield Wsd | 27,640 | 1.9 ppb |
| Fountain City Of | 25,130 | 4.4 ppb |
| Security Water District | 20,000 | 1.9 ppb |
| Woodmoor Wsd | 18,031 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Air Force Academy | 16,876 | 0.6 ppb |
| Woodmen Hills Md | 13,888 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meridian Service Md | 12,760 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Administrative Contact, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Administrative Contact, CO 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 Palmer Lake Mobile Home Ranch 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.