Vicker Heights, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Vicker Heights serves about 27 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Montgomery County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1121820. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Vicker Heights's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vicker Heights is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Virginia systems
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Vicker Heights's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in Virginia and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Montgomery County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vicker Heights. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blacksburg, Town Of | 34,578 | 0 (not detected) |
| Christiansburg Town Of | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prices Fork/Merrimac | 4,541 | 0.51 ppb |
| Christiansburg Elliston Waterline | 3,626 | 2.91 ppb |
| Plum Creek | 1,740 | 0 (not detected) |
| Radford Army Ammunition Plant | 1,602 | 4.37 ppb |
| Bethel Area | 1,247 | 1.2 ppb |
| Riner Community | 1,161 | 2.7 ppb |
| Belview | 1,034 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mudpike Road Waterline | 353 | 0.33 ppb |
Next steps for Christiansburg, VA
Look up your address in Vicker Heights'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 Vicker Heights 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.