West Jefferson, Town Of, 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.
West Jefferson, Town Of at a glance
West Jefferson, Town Of serves about 1,321 people through 846 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 Ashe County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0105010; phone on file: 336-246-3558. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Jefferson, Town Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 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. West Jefferson, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 60th percentile in North Carolina and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Ashe County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Jefferson, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson, Town Of | 1,740 | 3 ppb |
| Jefferson Landing | 653 | 3 ppb |
| Fleetwood Falls Water System | 519 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Manor-Nikanor Sect | 320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lansing, Town Of | 228 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairway Ridge Water Assoc Inc | 173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buffalo Meadows S/D | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laurel Mountain Estates | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Mnr Ashe Lake Beaver Crk Sec | 51 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Manor Ash Lake-Holiday Ln Sec | 46 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in West Jefferson, Town Of'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 West Jefferson, Town Of 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.