Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range at a glance
Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range serves about 3,500 people through 204 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Onslow County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0467046; phone on file: 910-451-9518. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other North Carolina systems
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 67th percentile in North Carolina and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Onslow County
16 other systems share Onslow County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Onslow Wtr And Sewer Authority | 156,755 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jacksonville City Of | 49,093 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usmc Lejeune--Hadnot Point | 37,500 | 5 ppb |
| Usmc Lejeune--Holcomb Blvd | 17,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usmc Lejeune--New River Air St | 11,500 | 4 ppb |
| Old Settlers Water System | 2,677 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Onslow Water Assoc | 2,555 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lauradale S/D | 2,527 | 4 ppb |
| Raintree/Summersill Estates #2 | 1,539 | 0 (not detected) |
| Osprey Cove 2 | 475 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range'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 Usmc Lejeune--Rifle Range 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.