Randle Ridge, VA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Randle Ridge at a glance
Randle Ridge serves about 57 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Culpeper County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA6047431. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 15 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Randle Ridge is 15 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Randle Ridge's 15 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Virginia and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Culpeper County
32 other systems share Culpeper County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Randle Ridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Culpeper, Town Of | 21,184 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffeewood Correctional Center | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clevengers Village | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Acres | 336 | 7 ppb |
| Dutch Hollow Subdivision | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Forest | 188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pelham Manor | 183 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brenridge Subdivision | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedarbrooke Subdivision | 163 | 1.2 ppb |
| Overlook Heights Combined | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Chester Gap, VA 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 Randle Ridge 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.