Ramseur, Town Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Ramseur, Town Of
Ramseur, Town Of serves about 1,790 people through 1,366 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 Randolph County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0276020; phone on file: 336-824-8530. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ramseur, Town Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. Ramseur, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 62nd percentile in North Carolina and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Randolph County
31 other systems share Randolph County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ramseur, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheboro, City Of | 27,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Archdale, City Of | 12,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Randleman, City Of | 4,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty, Town Of | 2,655 | 8.7 ppb |
| Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist | 2,413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklinville, Town Of | 1,400 | 11 ppb |
| Richland Village Mhp | 389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hidden Forest Mhp | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canterbury Trails | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Piedmont Estates | 233 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Ramseur, Town Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ramseur, Town 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.