Prairie Grove, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.91 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Prairie Grove serves about 641 people through 239 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 groundwater, in Angelina County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0030027; phone on file: 936-632-7795. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Prairie Grove is 1.91 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.91 ppb |
How Prairie Grove compares
Of the 4,447 Texas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.28 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 202 have gone over at some point. Prairie Grove's 1.91 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Texas and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Angelina County
20 other systems share Angelina County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Prairie Grove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Lufkin | 51,236 | 1.28 ppb |
| Hudson Wsc | 10,907 | 2.01 ppb |
| Central Wcid Of Angelina County | 7,381 | 0 (not detected) |
| Four Way Sud | 6,684 | 1.36 ppb |
| City Of Diboll | 5,207 | 0 (not detected) |
| Angelina Wsc | 3,479 | 0.74 ppb |
| Redland Wsc | 3,354 | 1.11 ppb |
| M & M Wsc | 3,208 | 1.04 ppb |
| Woodlawn Wsc | 2,339 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Huntington | 2,014 | 0.79 ppb |
Next steps for Lufkin, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lufkin, TX 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 Prairie Grove 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.