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Cherokee County, Texas: drinking water records

This overview covers 9 ZIP codes and 27 community water systems in Cherokee County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus9ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
5
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
2
systems where PFAS was found
0
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
0
systems that have reached the lead action level
14
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems with the most complete records

Water systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
City of Jacksonville TX037000214,420420340 ppb
North Cherokee WSC TX03700186,951180111.2 ppb
Alto Rural WSC Central High Plant TX03700551,30556040 ppb
City of Rusk TX03700035,602300000 ppb
Craft Turney WSC Main TX03700165,577150000 ppb
Alto Rural WSC Coldsprings Plant TX03700152,3130011.3 ppb
Blackjack WSC TX03700291,2180010 ppb
Stryker Lake WSC TX037003397800170 ppb
City of New Summerfield TX037002890600440 ppb
City of Wells TX03700048530010 ppb
Maydelle WSC TX03700247950011.1 ppb
City of Reklaw TX03700396600050 ppb
Forest WSC TX037001965100880 ppb
New Concord WSC TX03700275580010 ppb
Alto Rural WSC Bradford Mt Plant TX03700563780010 ppb
Cuney Rural Water Supply TX03700511150030.8 ppb
West Jacksonville WSC TX03700362,0820000 ppb
Rusk Rural WSC Crockett St Plant TX03700311,7520001.3 ppb
Afton Grove WSC TX03700141,6770000 ppb
Gum Creek WSC TX03700211,6230002.3 ppb
Eagles Bluff TX03700521,4850001.5 ppb
Rusk Rural WSC Loop 343 Plant TX03700541,3860000 ppb
City of Alto TX03700011,2250001.3 ppb
Gallatin WSC TX03700209960000 ppb
Dialville Oakland WSC TX03700179240000 ppb

ZIP reports in Cherokee County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

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