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Jo Daviess County, IL

The federal environmental record for Jo Daviess County (population 21,756): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

2

Superfund NPL sites

6

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

3

TRI facilities

30

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Bautsch-Gray MineGalenaon the NPL09/18/2012
Savanna Army Depot ActivitySavannaon the NPL03/13/1989

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Jo Daviess 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)

3 facilities in Jo Daviess filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.7M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
EAST DUBUQUE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS LLCEAST DUBUQUEAmmonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)1.6M lb
TESSENDERLO KERLEY INC. - E. DUBUQUEEAST DUBUQUEAmmonia80k lb
BREWSTER - STOCKTON PLANTSTOCKTONNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)2k lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 131 tank facilities in Jo Daviess: 60 tanks in service and 293 closed. 91 fuel releases are on record, of which 30 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Jo Daviess 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Jo Daviess, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BAUTSCH-GRAY MINEGALENA
  • INSPIRATION MINESGALENA
  • LITTLE GIANT MINEGALENA
  • MARSDEN-BLACK JACKGALENA
  • OLD GALENA POWER PLANTGALENA
  • SAVANNA ARMY DEPOT ACTIVITYSAVANNA