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Grand County, CO

The federal environmental record for Grand County (population 15,935): 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

2

TRI facilities

3

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Grand 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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
GRAND COUNTY WATER NO 1

CO0125323

PFBA: 11.8 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

2 facilities in Grand filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.7M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO HENDERSON MILLPARSHALLLead And Lead Compounds, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates1.7M lb
KILGORE DBA PEAK MAT - FRASER PLANTSFRASERLead, Polycyclic aromatic compounds3 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 133 tank facilities in Grand: 74 tanks in service and 298 closed. 71 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Grand 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Grand, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BLM-GRANBY LANDFILLGRANBY
  • BLM-KREMMLING DUMPKREMMLING