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Gila County, AZ

The federal environmental record for Gila County (population 54,003): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

1

Superfund NPL sites

7

federal cleanup sites

4

PFAS-detecting water systems

5

TRI facilities

4

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Mountain View Mobile Home EstatesGlobedeleted09/08/1983

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Gila with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.

SystemHighest resultsReading
GLOBE CITY OF

AZ0404008

PFBS: 113.3 ng/L

PFHxS: 23.7 ng/L

PFOS: 9.5 ng/L

above final limit
PAYSON TOWN OF

AZ0404032

PFBS: 54.8 ng/L

PFPeA: 48.2 ng/L

PFOS: 42.2 ng/L

above final limit
ARIZONA WATER CO - MIAMI CLAYPOOL

AZ0404002

PFBS: 37 ng/L

PFHxA: 16 ng/L

PFHxS: 12 ng/L

detected
PINE STRAWBERRY DWID

AZ0404034

PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L

PFHxA: 3.6 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

5 facilities in Gila filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 96.2M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
ASARCO LLC RAY COMPLEX/ HAYDEN SMELTER & CONCENTRATORHAYDENZinc compounds, Copper compounds55.0M lb
FREEPORT-MCMORAN MIAMI INCCLAYPOOLCopper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds27.0M lb
PINTO VALLEY MINEMIAMICopper And Copper Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds14.2M lb
CARLOTA COPPER COMIAMISulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Copper17k lb
CAL-CHEM METALS INCGLOBECopper And Copper Compounds255 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 208 tank facilities in Gila: 94 tanks in service and 489 closed. 197 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Gila as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.

The record for one specific address

County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Gila, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • GIBSON MINEMIAMI
  • GRAND WAY CLEANERSPAYSON
  • INSPIRATION CNSLD COPPER-CHRISTMAS AREAMIAMI
  • INSPIRATION CNSLD COPPER-CHRISTMAS AREAMIAMI
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW MOBILE HOME ESTATESGLOBE
  • RANCHERS EXPLOR DEV CORP BLUEBIRD MINEMIAMI
  • SHUMWAY MILLSITESPAYSON