Trapper Creek Job Corps, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Trapper Creek Job Corps at a glance
Trapper Creek Job Corps serves about 275 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Ravalli County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0062207; phone on file: 406-821-2110. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Trapper Creek Job Corps's lead record
That is up 6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Trapper Creek Job Corps is 6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 753 Montana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 28 have gone over at some point. Trapper Creek Job Corps's 6 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Montana and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Ravalli County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Trapper Creek Job Corps. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton City Of | 5,660 | 2 ppb |
| Stevensville Town Of | 2,090 | 0 (not detected) |
| Darby Town Of | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinesdale Town Of | 800 | 2 ppb |
| Kootenai Creek Village | 175 | 1 ppb |
| Stock Farm The | 150 | 2 ppb |
| Daly Estates Subdivision | 123 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wild Flower Hoa The | 120 | 1 ppb |
| Centennial Homeowner'S Association, Inc | 115 | 2 ppb |
| Westana Mobile Manor Hamilton | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Darby, MT 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 Trapper Creek Job Corps 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.