Graham County, AZ
The federal environmental record for Graham County (population 39,525): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Graham 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.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| SAFFORD CITY OF AZ0405005 | PFBS: 144 ng/L PFBA: 13.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Graham filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEPORT-MCMORAN SAFFORD INC | SAFFORD | Lead And Lead Compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 2.3M lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION SAFFORD | SAFFORD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 107 tank facilities in Graham: 37 tanks in service and 248 closed. 71 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Graham 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Graham, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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