Boone County, IL
The federal environmental record for Boone County (population 53,202): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
9
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere Municipal Landfill | Belvidere | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| MIG/Dewane Landfill | Belvidere | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Parsons Casket Hardware Co. | Belvidere | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Boone 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BELVIDERE IL0070050 | PFHxS: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Boone filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 11k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRON MANUFACTURING CO | CAPRON | Nickel compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 5k lb |
| US CHROME CORP OF IL | KINGSTON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead And Lead Compounds | 4k lb |
| FPM LLC | CHERRY VALLEY | Ammonia | 1k lb |
| YOUNGBERG INDUSTRIES INC | BELVIDERE | Manganese compounds | 200 lb |
| OZINGA READY-MIX-BELVIDERE | BELVIDERE | Lead | 0 lb |
| CMC REBAR - BELVIDERE | BELVIDERE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 101 tank facilities in Boone: 88 tanks in service and 242 closed. 83 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Boone 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 Boone, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BEAVER VALLEY ROAD GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATIONBELVIDERE
- BELVIDERE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATIONBELVIDERE
- BELVIDERE MUNI #2POPLAR GROVE
- BELVIDERE MUNICIPAL LANDFILLBELVIDERE
- CADIE CAR HAULINGBELVIDERE
- CAMCAR LLCBELVIDERE
- MIG/DEWANE LANDFILLBELVIDERE
- MOLINE FOUNDARY BELVIDEREBELVIDERE
- PARSONS CASKET HARDWARE CO.BELVIDERE