Port Orford, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.44 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.
Who runs the water here
Port Orford, City Of serves about 1,200 people through 772 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 Curry County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100670; phone on file: 541-332-8069. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Port Orford, City Of is 2.66 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1.44 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.66 ppb |
How Port Orford, City Of 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. Port Orford, City Of's 1.44 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Oregon and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Curry County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Port Orford, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brookings, City Of | 7,120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harbor Water Pud | 3,150 | 6 ppb |
| Gold Beach, City Of | 3,000 | 8.14 ppb |
| Nesika Beach-Ophir Wd | 1,500 | 10.3 ppb |
| Langlois Water District | 220 | 1.73 ppb |
| Rainbow Rock Village Mhp | 115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whaleshead Beach Resort, Llc | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rainbow Rock Service Association | 80 | 2.15 ppb |
| Saunders Creek Hoc | 75 | 9.1 ppb |
| Elk River Campground | 64 | 0.54 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Orford, 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 Port Orford, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.