Fulton County, IL
The federal environmental record for Fulton County (population 32,541): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
43
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Fulton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WEE-MA-TUK WATER DISTRICT IL0570040 | PFBA: 13 ng/L PFPeA: 5 ng/L PFHxA: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
| CANTON, IL IL0570250 | PFBA: 12 ng/L PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Fulton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMONT FOUNDRY CO | VERMONT | Copper | 2k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 150 tank facilities in Fulton: 65 tanks in service and 316 closed. 102 fuel releases are on record, of which 43 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Fulton 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 Fulton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CANTON INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONCANTON
- FORMER VERMONT SCHOOLVERMONT
- JACKAL SCRAPCANTON