Sacramento County, CA
The federal environmental record for Sacramento County (population 1,584,288): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
5
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
15
PFAS-detecting water systems
20
TRI facilities
72
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerojet General Corp. | Rancho Cordova | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Jibboom Junkyard | Sacramento | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Mather Air Force Base | Sacramento | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| McClellan Air Force Base (Ground Water Contamination) | Sacramento | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Sacramento Army Depot | Sacramento | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Sacramento 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SCWA - ARDEN PARK VISTA CA3410002 | PFOS: 8.3 ng/L PFOA: 5.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| Cal Am - Suburban Rosemont CA3410010 | PFOS: 13.4 ng/L PFHxS: 10.9 ng/L PFBA: 9 ng/L | above final limit |
| CALAM - PARKWAY CA3410017 | PFOS: 14.7 ng/L PFHxS: 9.8 ng/L PFHxA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN CA3410020 | PFOS: 41.4 ng/L PFHxS: 19.1 ng/L PFOA: 17.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| OLYMPIA MOBILODGE CA3410022 | PFOA: 4.2 ng/L PFHxS: 4 ng/L PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR CA3410026 | PFOS: 14 ng/L PFBS: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SCWA - LAGUNA/VINEYARD CA3410029 | PFOS: 24 ng/L PFOA: 14 ng/L PFPeA: 9.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| FOLSOM STATE PRISON CA3410032 | PFOS: 6.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| FLORIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT CA3410033 | PFOA: 11.8 ng/L PFHpA: 9.9 ng/L PFHxA: 9.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| CALAM - ARDEN CA3410045 | PFHxS: 7.9 ng/L PFOS: 6 ng/L PFOA: 6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SACRAMENTO SUBURBAN WATER DISTRICT CA3410001 | PFPeA: 7.1 ng/L PFHxS: 5.8 ng/L PFHxA: 5.7 ng/L | detected |
| CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT CA3410004 | PFHxA: 6 ng/L PFPeA: 5.9 ng/L | detected |
| ELK GROVE WATER SERVICE CA3410008 | PFPeA: 4.6 ng/L PFHxS: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
| CALAM - LINCOLN OAKS CA3410013 | PFHpA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| RIO LINDA/ELVERTA COMMUNITY WATER DIST CA3410018 | PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L PFHxS: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Sacramento filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 801k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROCTER & GAMBLE MFG. CO. | SACRAMENTO | Methanol, Copper And Copper Compounds | 674k lb |
| MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CARBON FIBER & COMPOSITES INC. | SACRAMENTO | Ammonia, Hydrogen cyanide | 63k lb |
| WILBUR ELLIS CO LLC RIO LINDA HUB | RIO LINDA | Ammonia, Pendimethalin | 26k lb |
| DT FIBERGLASS INC | SACRAMENTO | Styrene | 11k lb |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC | FOLSOM | Dichloromethane, Methanol | 11k lb |
| HP HOOD LLC | SACRAMENTO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 9k lb |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG CORP | SACRAMENTO | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 2k lb |
| AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS LLC | RANCHO CORDOVA | Dichloromethane, Methanol | 2k lb |
| THATCHER CO OF CALIFORNIA | SACRAMENTO | Ammonia, Chlorine | 2k lb |
| CHROME CRAFT | SACRAMENTO | Lead And Lead Compounds | 793 lb |
| JB RADIATOR SPECIALITIES INC | SACRAMENTO | Zinc compounds, Lead | 130 lb |
| MCCLELLAN AIRTANKER BASE | MCCLELLAN | Ammonia | 5 lb |
| H. C. MUDDOX | SACRAMENTO | Lead, Mercury | 2 lb |
| LIVINGSTON'S CONCRETE SERVICE INC | RANCHO CORDOVA | - | 0 lb |
| PERKINS PLANT | SACRAMENTO | - | 0 lb |
| AXALTA COATINGS SYSTEMS USA LLC | SACRAMENTO | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PERKINS RM TEICHERT | SACRAMENTO | - | 0 lb |
| SOUTHWESTERN WIRE INC | MCCLELLAN | - | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - SACRAMENTO CA PLANT | SACRAMENTO | Lead | 0 lb |
| LIVINGSTON'S CONCRETE SERVICE INC | NORTH HIGHLANDS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 474 tank facilities in Sacramento: 1,301 tanks in service and 0 closed. 1,232 fuel releases are on record, of which 72 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sacramento 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 Sacramento, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AEROJET GENERAL CORP.RANCHO CORDOVA
- AIRGAS, INCSACRAMENTO
- AMERICAN PLATINGSACRAMENTO
- ENVIROTECH CORP. WEMCO DIVISIONSACRAMENTO
- FOLSOM DAMFOLSOM
- SACRAMENTO ARMY DEPOTSACRAMENTO
- SACRAMENTO TRAIN TRESTLE FIRESACRAMENTO