Show Low Crossroads Hoa, AZ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Show Low Crossroads Hoa serves about 38 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Apache County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0401372; phone on file: 928-270-1010. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Show Low Crossroads Hoa is 0.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Arizona systems
Of the 730 Arizona systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 58 have gone over at some point. Show Low Crossroads Hoa's 0.7 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Arizona and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Apache County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Show Low Crossroads Hoa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eagar Town Of | 4,590 | 1.2 ppb |
| St Johns City Of | 3,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Springerville Town Of | 1,972 | 0 (not detected) |
| Petrified Forest Np | 1,742 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Grove Water Company | 1,564 | 1.4 ppb |
| Alpine Dwid | 1,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lord Az Water 2 - Winchester Trails | 1,289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Livco Water Company | 1,120 | 6 ppb |
| Aspc Apache | 540 | 5.9 ppb |
| Sanders School District | 350 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Vernon, AZ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vernon, AZ 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 Show Low Crossroads Hoa 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.