Crittenden County, AR
The federal environmental record for Crittenden County (population 47,139): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurley Pit | Edmondson | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| South 8th Street Landfill | West Memphis | deleted | 10/14/1992 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Crittenden reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Crittenden filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 50k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALERO PARTNERS WEST MEMPHIS LLC | WEST MEMPHIS | n-Hexane, Toluene | 22k lb |
| TETRA CHEMICALS | WEST MEMPHIS | Bromine, Zinc compounds | 21k lb |
| MASTER HALCO | WEST MEMPHIS | Zinc compounds, Lead | 6k lb |
| HINO MOTORS MFG. USA INC. | MARION | Manganese, Nickel | 487 lb |
| WARREN OIL CO LLC - WEST MEMPHIS AR | WEST MEMPHIS | - | 0 lb |
| MID SOUTH SALES | WEST MEMPHIS | - | 0 lb |
| FORTERRA PIPE & PRECAST - WEST MEMPHIS | WEST MEMPHIS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 209 tank facilities in Crittenden: 140 tanks in service and 515 closed. 61 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Crittenden as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Crittenden, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- SOUTH 8TH STREET LANDFILLWEST MEMPHIS