Greenlee County, AZ
The federal environmental record for Greenlee County (population 9,369): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Greenlee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MORENCI WATER ELEC CO MAIN AZ0406003 | PFBS: 25 ng/L PFBA: 6.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Greenlee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 6.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEPORT-MCMORAN MORENCI INC | MORENCI | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 6.3M lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 38 tank facilities in Greenlee: 11 tanks in service and 111 closed. 42 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Greenlee 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 Greenlee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MIDDLE MTN SILVEXALPINE
- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER MINE TAILINGSCLIFTON (SOUTH)