Crawford County, IL
The federal environmental record for Crawford County (population 18,300): 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
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Crawford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON-PALESTINE WATER COMMISSION IL0335030 | PFOS: 4.6 ng/L PFHxS: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Crawford filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 583k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LP ILLINOIS REFINING DIV | ROBINSON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 558k lb |
| LINCOLNLAND AGRI-ENERGY LLC | PALESTINE | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 17k lb |
| RAIN CII CARBON LLC | ROBINSON | Vanadium compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 9k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 110 tank facilities in Crawford: 27 tanks in service and 232 closed. 57 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Crawford 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 Crawford, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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