Montgomery County, IL
The federal environmental record for Montgomery County (population 27,663): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
35
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASARCO Taylor Springs | Taylor Springs | on the NPL | 09/27/2006 |
| Eagle Zinc Co Div T L Diamond | Hillsboro | on the NPL | 09/19/2007 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Montgomery 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 Montgomery filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 12k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSBORO ENERGY | HILLSBORO | Lead, Mercury | 12k lb |
| DOMAN LUMBER CO | HILLSBORO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 162 tank facilities in Montgomery: 85 tanks in service and 349 closed. 111 fuel releases are on record, of which 35 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Montgomery as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Montgomery, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ASARCO TAYLOR SPRINGSTAYLOR SPRINGS
- EAGLE ZINC COHILLSBORO
- HEDLUND MANUFACTURING CO.NOKOMIS
- WHITE AND BREWER LANDFILLCOFFEEN