MISI Score
25.0
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Project NC / Hertford County
BOTH · Hertford CountyPWSID NC0446020
MISI Score
25.0
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Score Confidence
0.8%
Peer Percentile
52.1th
As of
Apr 23, 2026
EXPLANATION
MARKET INTERPRETATION
Winton is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 756 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 Revenue Fragility, which is running high in the model, with Operational Stress adding further pressure. In other words, Revenue Fragility is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.
5 active stress signals are attached to this system, including 2 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 52nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
ACTIVE SIGNALS
A shrinking served population weakens the customer base and raises infrastructure cost per customer.
Score impact: 10.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility
Parent-government debt, pension, or operating stress can constrain infrastructure support and governance flexibility.
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: 3.0 · Family: Operational Stress
High-AGI outmigration erodes the rate base and compresses affordability headroom.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility
HISTORY
Latest
25.0
Trend
+25.0
Observations
20
NC TREASURER FBA
Days Cash on Hand
520
Days Cash As Of
Jun 30, 2024
Population Served
756