Caribou County, ID
The federal environmental record for Caribou County (population 7,219): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
20
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. (Soda Springs Plant) | Soda Springs | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
| Monsanto Chemical Co. (Soda Springs Plant) | Soda Springs | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Caribou 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)
2 facilities in Caribou filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 5.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| P4 PRODUCTION LLC | SODA SPRINGS | Zinc compounds, Vanadium compounds | 4.4M lb |
| ITAFOS CONDA LLC | SODA SPRINGS | Hydrogen fluoride, Vanadium compounds | 704k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 55 tank facilities in Caribou: 20 tanks in service and 137 closed. 11 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Caribou as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Caribou, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BALLARD MINESODA SPRINGS
- CONDA MINESODA SPRINGS
- ENOCH VALLEY MINESODA SPRINGS
- HENRY MINESODA SPRINGS
- KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP. (SODA SPRINGS PLANT)SODA SPRINGS
- LANES CREEK MINESODA SPRINGS
- MOUNTAIN FUEL MINESODA SPRINGS
- RUVEON LLCSODA SPRINGS
- SOUTH DRY VALLEY MINESODA SPRINGS
- SOUTHEAST IDAHO SELENIUM PROJECTSODA SPRINGS
- US DOI BLM GRACE SITEGRACE
- USDA FS CARIBOU NF: SOUTH MABEY CANYON CROSS VALLEY FILL SITECONDA
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: CENTRAL RASMUSSEN RIDGE MINESODA SPRINGS
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: CHAMP MINESODA SPRINGS
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: DIAMOND GULCH MINESODA SPRINGS
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: NORTH MAYBE CANYON MINESODA SPRINGS
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: SMOKY CANYON MINE SITESODA SPRINGS
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: SOUTH MAYBE CANYON MINESODA SPRINGS
- USDA FS CARIBOU-TARGHEE NF: WOOLEY VALLEY MINESODA SPRINGS
- USDOI FWS GRAYS LAKE NWR: GRAYS LAKE ROADWAYAN