Stilwell, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.88 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.
About Stilwell
Stilwell serves about 3,276 people through 1,842 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Adair County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK1020205; phone on file: 918-696-2154. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 4.52 ppb from 5.4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Stilwell is 5.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.88 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Oklahoma systems
Of the 870 Oklahoma systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.81 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Stilwell's 0.88 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Oklahoma and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Adair County
8 other systems share Adair County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Stilwell. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Adair Co Rwd #3 | 2,598 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adair Co Rwd #1 (Cherry Tree) | 2,000 | 4.1 ppb |
| Adair Co Rwd #2 | 1,675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westville Utility Authority | 1,596 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adair Co Rwd #4 | 1,025 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adair Co Rwd #5 | 675 | 1.6 ppb |
| Watts | 316 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adair Co Rws & Swmd #6 | 27 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stilwell, OK 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 Stilwell 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.