Public water system · OR4192820

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Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station

At a glance

Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station (PWSID OR4192820) is an active transient non-community water system in Linn County, Oregon. It reports serving 25 people through 4 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by the federal government. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOR4192820

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections4

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeFederal government

Primacy agencyOR state drinking water program

City served—

StateOregon

ZIP—

CountyLinn County

How does Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station compare with other water systems in Linn County?

By EPA's size categories, Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Linn County has 161 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 769 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 123,772 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Oregon, the 2,536 active systems average 1,587 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station is well 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. Oregon has 1,250 active transient non-community water systems, 49% of the state's 2,536 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,175 Oregon systems (86%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station?

EPA lists Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station as owned by the federal government. The OR state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 19 of the 161 active systems in Linn County (12%) are also owned by the federal government.

Does Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016. The violations listed here began between April 1991 and July 2016. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (9 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 1 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
2016-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2001-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1997-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1997-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1994-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1993-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1993-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1992-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1991-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1991-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 10 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.

Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station: frequently asked questions

Who runs Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station?

Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station (PWSID OR4192820) is a transient non-community water system owned by the federal government. It is regulated by the OR state drinking water program.

How many people does Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station serve?

Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station reports serving 25 people through 4 service connections in Linn County, Oregon.

Where does Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016. 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 Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station'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 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station 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 Linn County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Albany, City of	Linn	57,997	Community	Surface water
Lebanon, City of	Linn	18,945	Community	Surface water
Sweet Home, City of	Linn	10,322	Community	Surface water
Harrisburg, City of	Linn	3,684	Community	Groundwater
City of Millersburg	Linn	2,615	Community	Purchased surface water
Brownsville, City of	Linn	1,906	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water

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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, “Usfs Fish Lake Guard Station, PWSID OR4192820, Oregon”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oregon/usfs-fish-lake-guard-station-or4192820 (data as of October 1, 2026).