Steele Creek Harbor, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Steele Creek Harbor at a glance
Steele Creek Harbor serves about 441 people through 147 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bosque County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0180028; phone on file: 254-687-2331. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Steele Creek Harbor is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Steele Creek Harbor compares
Of the 4,447 Texas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.28 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 202 have gone over at some point. Steele Creek Harbor's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Texas and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Bosque County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Steele Creek Harbor. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Clifton | 3,442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rocky Creek Water System | 2,814 | 0 (not detected) |
| Childress Creek Wsc | 2,469 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mustang Valley Wsc | 2,382 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Meridian | 1,415 | 2.4 ppb |
| City Of Valley Mills | 1,203 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Walnut Springs | 795 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smith Bend Wsc | 711 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cs Water | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Morgan | 490 | 3.31 ppb |
Next steps for Itasca, TX
Look up your address in Steele Creek Harbor'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 Steele Creek Harbor 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.