Picket Fences Mhp, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 ppb (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. 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
Picket Fences Mhp serves about 27 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Madison County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH4901512; phone on file: 614-256-7012. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.7 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Picket Fences Mhp is 4.7 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,079 Ohio systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.7 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 27 have gone over at some point. Picket Fences Mhp's 0.8 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Ohio and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Madison County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Picket Fences Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-Ohio Wsd - Chrisman Avenue Wtp | 10,256 | 2.1 ppb |
| Mid-Ohio Wsd - Old Springfield Road Wtp | 5,176 | 1.5 ppb |
| West Jefferson Village Pws | 4,488 | 1.1 ppb |
| Mid-Ohio Wsd - Jackson Street Wtp | 4,467 | 5.3 ppb |
| Choctaw Utilities, Inc. | 2,200 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mount Sterling Village Pws | 2,059 | 1.3 ppb |
| Green Meadows Mobile Home Park | 730 | 2.2 ppb |
| Jefferson Lodge Mobile Home | 400 | 1.2 ppb |
| South Solon Village Pws | 395 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rosedale Bible Institute | 175 | 7.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lewis Center, OH 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 Picket Fences Mhp 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.