Logan County, IL

The federal environmental record for Logan County (population 27,590): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

Superfund NPL sites

federal cleanup sites

PFAS-detecting water systems

TRI facilities

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Logan 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

IL American - Lincoln

IL1075030

PFBA: 233.2 ng/L

PFPeA: 7.8 ng/L

PFHxA: 5.9 ng/L

above final limit

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

2 facilities in Logan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 637 lb released.

Facility	City	Top chemicals	Total released
VIPER MINE	ELKHART	Lead And Lead Compounds	627 lb
EATON CORP	LINCOLN	Copper	10 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 145 tank facilities in Logan: 55 tanks in service and 313 closed. 89 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Logan 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 Logan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

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