Henry County, IL
The federal environmental record for Henry County (population 48,448): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
44
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Henry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GENESEO IL0730500 | PFBA: 8.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Henry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 64k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIG RIVER RESOURCES GALVA LLC | GALVA | Acetaldehyde, Acrolein | 37k lb |
| PATRIOT RENEWABLE FUELS LLC DBA CHS INC. | ANNAWAN | Ammonia, n-Hexane | 25k lb |
| MTM TRAILERS | KEWANEE | Manganese, Nickel | 2k lb |
| DIXLINE CORP | GALVA | Copper compounds, Zinc compounds | 662 lb |
| GREAT DANE TRAILERS | KEWANEE | Manganese, Chromium | 150 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 246 tank facilities in Henry: 153 tanks in service and 494 closed. 157 fuel releases are on record, of which 44 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Henry 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 Henry, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ACME SOLVENT RECLAIMING, INC. (MORRISTOWN PLANT)MORRISTOWN
- KEWANEE BOILER MFG LLCKEWANEE