Mesa County, CO
The federal environmental record for Mesa County (population 159,681): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Mesa 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)
9 facilities in Mesa filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 105k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC INDUSTRIES INC. | GRAND JUNCTION | Methyl methacrylate, Styrene | 59k lb |
| MINOVA USA INC. | GRAND JUNCTION | Styrene, Benzoyl peroxide | 37k lb |
| TOTALENERGIES PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING USA INC (TOTAL CRAY | GRAND JUNCTION | Toluene, Styrene | 9k lb |
| ELAM GRAND JUNCTION BATCH PLANT | GRAND JUNCTION | Lead | 2 lb |
| ELAM ROLAND HMA PLANT | GRAND JUNCTION | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT PARTNERS LP - GRAND JUNCTION | GRAND JUNCTION | - | 0 lb |
| FORTERRA PRECAST CONCEPTS INC | GRAND JUNCTION | Lead | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - GRAND JUNCTION CO PLANT | GRAND JUNCTION | Lead | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT PARTNERS LP - FRUITA | FRUITA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 380 tank facilities in Mesa: 224 tanks in service and 784 closed. 280 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Mesa 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 Mesa, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BLM-BOOKCLIFF LANDFILLGRAND JUNCTION
- BLM-ORCHARD MESA LANDFILLGRAND JUNCTION
- BLM-TOWN OF MESA LANDFILLMOLINA
- BR-COLLBRAN PROJECTCOLLBRAN
- GRAND JUNCTION PROJECTS OFFICEGRAND JUNCTION
- NORTH AVE CLEANERSGRAND JUNCTION