Yell County, AR
The federal environmental record for Yell County (population 20,044): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Products | Birta, Ola | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Mountain Pine Pressure Treating | Plainview | on the NPL | 07/22/1999 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Yell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DARDANELLE WATERWORKS AR0000601 | PFBA: 5.9 ng/L PFHxS: 5.3 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Yell filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 664k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - DANVILLE COMPLEX | DANVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 372k lb |
| TYSON POULTRY INC. | DARDANELLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 261k lb |
| POTLATCHDELTIC MANUFACTURING LLC - OLA MILL | OLA | Methanol, Lead compounds | 31k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 85 tank facilities in Yell: 50 tanks in service and 165 closed. 4 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Yell 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 Yell, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MOUNTAIN PINE PRESSURE TREATINGPLAINVIEW