McDonough County, IL
The federal environmental record for McDonough County (population 26,839): 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
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
31
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving McDonough 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)
2 facilities in McDonough filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTN-BOWER CORP | MACOMB | Nickel, Manganese | 4 lb |
| TRIOAK FOODS LLC | BUSHNELL | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 122 tank facilities in McDonough: 50 tanks in service and 241 closed. 95 fuel releases are on record, of which 31 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps McDonough 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 McDonough, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HIXON PLATING COMPANYBUSHNELL
- TENNESSEE THERMO GAS COMPANYTENNESSEE