Sherwood Mhp, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Sherwood Mhp at a glance
Sherwood Mhp serves about 470 people through 187 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Onslow County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0467164; phone on file: 910-450-9975. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sherwood Mhp is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sherwood Mhp compares
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. Sherwood Mhp's 2 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in North Carolina and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Onslow County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sherwood Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Onslow Wtr And Sewer Authority | 156,755 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jacksonville City Of | 49,093 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usmc Lejeune--Hadnot Point | 37,500 | 5 ppb |
| Usmc Lejeune--Holcomb Blvd | 17,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usmc Lejeune--New River Air St | 11,500 | 4 ppb |
| Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range | 3,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Settlers Water System | 2,677 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Onslow Water Assoc | 2,555 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lauradale S/D | 2,527 | 4 ppb |
| Raintree/Summersill Estates #2 | 1,539 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hubert, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hubert, NC 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 Sherwood Mhp 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.