Adams County, ID
The federal environmental record for Adams County (population 4,903): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Adams 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 Adams filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 255 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMARACK MILLS (DBA EVERGREEN FORESTS) | TAMARACK | Lead | 255 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 43 tank facilities in Adams: 15 tanks in service and 104 closed. 17 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Adams 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 Adams, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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