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Uscoe Oc - Little Fir

At a glance

Uscoe Oc - Little Fir (PWSID ART000718) is an active transient non-community water system in Montgomery County, Arkansas. It reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as owned by the federal government. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

100

Service connections

Primary source

Surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDART000718

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served100

Service connections1

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typeFederal government

Primacy agencyAR state drinking water program

City served—

StateArkansas

ZIP—

CountyMontgomery County

How does Uscoe Oc - Little Fir compare with other water systems in Montgomery County?

By EPA's size categories, Uscoe Oc - Little Fir is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Montgomery County has 12 active public water systems, and Uscoe Oc - Little Fir is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 422 people per system, and accounts for 2% of the 5,061 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Arkansas, the 853 active systems average 3,592 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Uscoe Oc - Little Fir is about 31% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Arkansas has 164 active transient non-community water systems, 19% of the state's 853 active systems. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 75 Arkansas systems (8.8%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Uscoe Oc - Little Fir?

EPA lists Uscoe Oc - Little Fir as owned by the federal government. The AR state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 2 of the 12 active systems in Montgomery County (17%) are also owned by the federal government.

Does Uscoe Oc - Little Fir have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020. The violations listed here began between October 1993 and July 2020. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 monitoring and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Surface Water Treatment Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved and 4 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2020-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2019-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2004-03-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1993-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Archived
1993-11-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Archived
1993-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Archived
1993-10-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Archived

All 9 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Uscoe Oc - Little Fir: frequently asked questions

Who runs Uscoe Oc - Little Fir?

Uscoe Oc - Little Fir (PWSID ART000718) is a transient non-community water system owned by the federal government. It is regulated by the AR state drinking water program.

How many people does Uscoe Oc - Little Fir serve?

Uscoe Oc - Little Fir reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in Montgomery County, Arkansas.

Where does Uscoe Oc - Little Fir get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Uscoe Oc - Little Fir have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Uscoe Oc - Little Fir's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Uscoe Oc - Little Fir's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Uscoe Oc - Little Fir is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Montgomery County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Mount Ida Waterworks	Montgomery	3,218	Community	Purchased surface water
Norman Waterworks	Montgomery	750	Community	Purchased surface water
Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn	Montgomery	393	Community	Purchased surface water
Little Fir Landing	Montgomery	250	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Usfs Albert Pike Rec Area	Montgomery	200	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Hwy 27 Fishing Village	Montgomery	50	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Uscoe Oc - Little Fir, PWSID ART000718, Arkansas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/arkansas/uscoe-oc-little-fir-art000718 (data as of October 1, 2026).