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Citable methodology: 10.5281/zenodo.19595313 · Zenodo record

Project NC / Randolph County

Ramseur

BOTH · Randolph CountyDistressedPWSID NC0276020

MISI Score

21.0

Watch

Score Confidence

0.8%

Peer Percentile

49.2th

As of

Apr 23, 2026

EXPLANATION

Score Drivers

  • MISI score is 21.000 (Watch).
  • Compliance Escalation adds 6.000000 points. Operational compliance contributes +6: 5 violations or enforcement actions have been recorded within the last three years.
  • Climate Hazard Exposure adds 6 points. Operational climate hazard exposure contributes +6: FEMA NRI composite score is 80.6300.
  • Lead & Copper Rule Risk adds 5 points. Lead and copper risk contributes +5: lead sample exceedances=0, copper sample exceedances=0, legacy action-level exceedances=0, open LCR violations=0.
  • Current Drought Severity adds 4 points. Current drought severity contributes +4: USDM severity index is 0.5000 as of 2026-04-14.
  • Missing or unresolved factors: Infrastructure Capital Gap, PFAS Contamination Risk, Project Status Staleness.

MARKET INTERPRETATION

What the data suggests

Ramseur is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 1,790 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 running high in the model, with Capex Pressure 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 one at high severity. The breadth of active signals, even without concentrated high severity, suggests pressure across more than one dimension.

Within its peer cohort, this system ranks around the 49th 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

Family Contributions

Operational Stress16.0 / 20.0
Capex Pressure5.0 / 20.0
Revenue Fragility0.0 / 20.0
Rate Constraint0.0 / 20.0
Governance Risk0.0 / 20.0

SL 2020-79

SWIA Assessment History

20242023202220212019
83749

ACTIVE SIGNALS

4 Signals

MaterialactiveApr 3, 2026

Compliance Escalation

Repeated or serious compliance failures often indicate rising operational and infrastructure stress.

Score impact: 6.0 · Family: Operational Stress

MaterialactiveApr 7, 2026

Climate Hazard Exposure

Elevated drought and flood exposure raises outage, source-water, and infrastructure reliability stress.

Score impact: 6.0 · Family: Operational Stress

SignificantactiveApr 7, 2026

Current Drought Severity

Active drought conditions stress source-water availability and treatment operations.

Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress

MaterialactiveApr 7, 2026

Lead & Copper Rule Risk

Lead and copper exceedances and replacement obligations can drive near-term treatment and capital pressure.

Score impact: 5.0 · Family: Capex Pressure

HISTORY

Score Trend

Latest

21.0

Trend

+21.0

Observations

20

Apr 1, 2026 · 0.0Apr 2, 2026 · 0.0Apr 2, 2026 · 0.0Apr 3, 2026 · 6.0Apr 3, 2026 · 6.0Apr 4, 2026 · 6.0Apr 5, 2026 · 6.0Apr 5, 2026 · 6.0Apr 6, 2026 · 20.0Apr 7, 2026 · 20.0Apr 8, 2026 · 20.0Apr 9, 2026 · 20.0Apr 10, 2026 · 21.0Apr 13, 2026 · 21.0Apr 14, 2026 · 21.0Apr 18, 2026 · 21.0Apr 19, 2026 · 21.0Apr 21, 2026 · 21.0Apr 22, 2026 · 21.0Apr 23, 2026 · 21.0Apr 1, 2026Apr 23, 2026

Days Cash on Hand

486

Days Cash As Of

Jun 30, 2024

Population Served

1,790