Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, VA
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.
Yorktown Naval Weapons Station at a glance
Yorktown Naval Weapons Station serves about 2,386 people through 445 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in York County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3199500; phone on file: 757-887-4808. 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 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Yorktown Naval Weapons Station is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
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. Yorktown Naval Weapons Station's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in Virginia and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in York County
6 other systems share York County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lightfoot System | 1,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Queens Lake System | 1,375 | 4.58 ppb |
| York Terrace System | 755 | 1.56 ppb |
| Cheatham Annex | 632 | 1 ppb |
| Nelson Park | 530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carver Gardens | 163 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Yorktown Naval Weapons Station'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 Yorktown Naval Weapons Station 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.