Clear Creek County, CO
The federal environmental record for Clear Creek County (population 9,147): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central City, Clear Creek | Idaho Springs | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Clear Creek 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)
1 facilities in Clear Creek filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO-HENDERSON MINE | EMPIRE | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds | 4.4M lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 51 tank facilities in Clear Creek: 51 tanks in service and 129 closed. 48 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Clear Creek as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Clear Creek, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CENTRAL CITY, CLEAR CREEKIDAHO SPRINGS
- IDAHO SPRINGS MERCURY SITEIDAHO SPRINGS
- LEAVENWORTH CREEK MINING DISTRICTGEORGETOWN
- LION CREEK MINING DISTRICTEMPIRE