Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5, ID
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5 at a glance
Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5 serves about 245 people through 75 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Fremont County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID7220063; phone on file: 208-499-4329. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 8 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5 is 13 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 763 Idaho systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 46 have gone over at some point. Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5's 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Idaho and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Fremont County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Anthony | 3,606 | 2 ppb |
| Ashton City Of | 1,129 | 0 (not detected) |
| Teton City Of | 735 | 1 ppb |
| Newdale City Of | 340 | 3 ppb |
| Parker City Of | 322 | 1 ppb |
| Shotgun North | 285 | 1 ppb |
| Idjc Juvenile Corrections Center | 280 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aspen Ridge Subd | 204 | 5 ppb |
| North Fork Water Works | 64 | 5 ppb |
| Mountain View Court | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Island Park, ID 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 Shotgun Cherokee Subd 5 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.