DeSoto County, FL
The federal environmental record for DeSoto County (population 35,979): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
25
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving DeSoto 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARCADIA WATER DEPT, CITY OF FL6140314 | PFBA: 7.9 ng/L PFBS: 6.6 ng/L PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKE SUZY SUBDIVISION FL6144856 | PFBA: 10.7 ng/L PFBS: 6.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| DESOTO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM FL6144898 | PFBA: 8.9 ng/L PFBS: 7.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in DeSoto filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 0 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREMRON - ARCADIA FL PLANT | ARCADIA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 105 tank facilities in DeSoto: 39 tanks in service and 246 closed. 99 fuel releases are on record, of which 25 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps DeSoto 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 DeSoto, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARCADIA CITY LANDFILLARCADIA
- COLTEC INDUST./CEN. MOLONEY TRANSFORMERSARCADIA
- DESOTO MIDDLE SCHOOL MERCURY SPILLARCADIA
- NOCATEE HULL CREOSOTENOCATEE
- VOLUSIA AVENUE MERCURY SPILLARCADIA