MISI Score
22.0
Watch
Project NC / Caldwell County
DW · Caldwell CountyPWSID NC0114045
MISI Score
22.0
Watch
Score Confidence
0.9%
Peer Percentile
57.9th
As of
Apr 23, 2026
EXPLANATION
MARKET INTERPRETATION
Caldwell County is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 8,662 residents. At the latest reading, Munimetric flags the system as showing early but meaningful signs of structural stress.
The score is being driven mainly by Operational Stress, which is at the top of its range in the model, with Governance Risk contributing at a lower level. In other words, Operational Stress is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.
4 active stress signals are attached to this system, including 3 at high severity. That signal mix points to a system where several warning indicators are firing at once, not just one extreme outlier.
Within its peer cohort, this system ranks around the 58th percentile on measured stress, placing it near the middle of the peer group on measured stress.
Recent score history has been relatively steady, consistent with the system's overall profile.
This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.
SCORE STACK
SL 2020-79
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
ACTIVE SIGNALS
Repeated or serious compliance failures often indicate rising operational and infrastructure stress.
Score impact: 10.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Abrupt deterioration can indicate multiple compounding issues crossing thresholds together.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Governance Risk
Elevated drought and flood exposure raises outage, source-water, and infrastructure reliability stress.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Active drought conditions stress source-water availability and treatment operations.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
HISTORY
Latest
22.0
Trend
+22.0
Observations
20
Population Served
8,662