Alexander County, IL
The federal environmental record for Alexander County (population 4,695): 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
1
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilada Energy Co. | East Cape Girardeau | deleted | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Alexander 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 Alexander filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 659k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNGE CHEVRON AG RENEWABLES LLC | CAIRO | n-Hexane | 659k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 45 tank facilities in Alexander: 11 tanks in service and 141 closed. 38 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Alexander 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 Alexander, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DOWNTOWN CAIROCAIRO
- ILADA ENERGY CO.EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU
- SOUTHERN MEDICAL CENTERCAIRO