Saunders Creek Hoc, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Saunders Creek Hoc at a glance
Saunders Creek Hoc serves about 75 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Curry County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101201; phone on file: 541-425-5387. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.8 ppb from 7.3 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saunders Creek Hoc is 9.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Saunders Creek Hoc's 9.1 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Oregon and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Curry County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Saunders Creek Hoc. 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 |
| Port Orford, City Of | 1,200 | 1.44 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 |
| Elk River Campground | 64 | 0.54 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gold Beach, 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 Saunders Creek Hoc 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.