Panther Creek Wd, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
About Panther Creek Wd
Panther Creek Wd serves about 800 people through 338 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 Lincoln County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100603; phone on file: 541-994-7293. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Panther Creek Wd's lead record
That is up 2.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Panther Creek Wd is 2.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.7 ppb |
How Panther Creek Wd compares
Of the 909 Oregon systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Panther Creek Wd's 2.7 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Oregon and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Lincoln County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Panther Creek Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City, City Of | 20,830 | 1.4 ppb |
| Newport, City Of | 10,439 | 2.1 ppb |
| Seal Rock Water District | 6,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Kernville-Gleneden-Linc Bch Wd | 5,609 | 3.07 ppb |
| Toledo Water Utilities | 3,645 | 2.67 ppb |
| Sw Lincoln Co Water Pud | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waldport, City Of | 2,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Depoe Bay, City Of | 1,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Siletz, City Of | 1,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yachats, City Of | 1,006 | 1.76 ppb |
Next steps for Otis, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Otis, OR 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 Panther Creek Wd 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.