Benewah County, ID
The federal environmental record for Benewah County (population 10,369): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Maries Creosote | St. Maries | proposed | - |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Benewah 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)
3 facilities in Benewah filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 69k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTLATCHDELTIC LAND & LUMBER LLC ST MARIES COMPLEX | SAINT MARIES | Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds | 68k lb |
| STIMSON LUMBER CO ST MARIES OPERATION | SAINT MARIES | Lead And Lead Compounds | 239 lb |
| STIMSON LUMBER CO PLUMMER OPERATION | PLUMMER | Lead compounds | 129 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 66 tank facilities in Benewah: 30 tanks in service and 145 closed. 24 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Benewah 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 Benewah, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PLUMMER POLE YARDPLUMMER
- ST. MARIES CREOSOTEST MARIES
- US DOI BIA COEUR D'ALENE FIELD OFFICEPLUMMER