Ryegate Fire District 2, VT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Ryegate Fire District 2
Ryegate Fire District 2 serves about 131 people through 50 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Caledonia County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005043; phone on file: 802-757-3983. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.6 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ryegate Fire District 2 is 4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Ryegate Fire District 2 compares
Of the 372 Vermont systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 65 have gone over at some point. Ryegate Fire District 2's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Vermont and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Caledonia County
19 other systems share Caledonia County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ryegate Fire District 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Johnsbury Water System | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lyndonville Water System | 4,000 | 2.7 ppb |
| Hardwick Town Water System | 1,900 | 3.2 ppb |
| Burke Mountain Water Co | 1,058 | 1.1 ppb |
| Danville Fire District 1 | 500 | 1.3 ppb |
| St Johnsbury Center F D 1 | 370 | 6.7 ppb |
| East Hardwick Fire District 1 | 350 | 0.6 ppb |
| Barnet Fire District #2 | 205 | 8 ppb |
| Sutton Water System | 185 | 3.9 ppb |
| Mcindoe Falls Fire District 3 | 176 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for E Ryegate, VT
Look up your address in Ryegate Fire District 2'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 Ryegate Fire District 2 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.