Morgan County, IL
The federal environmental record for Morgan County (population 32,140): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER WATER DISTRICT IL1370020 | PFBA: 12 ng/L | detected |
| JACKSONVILLE IL1370200 | PFBA: 9.8 ng/L | detected |
| SOUTH JACKSONVILLE IL1370400 | PFBA: 13 ng/L PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L PFHxA: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Morgan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED GILSONITE LABORATORIES | JACKSONVILLE | Certain glycol ethers | 2k lb |
| REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC | JACKSONVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 178 tank facilities in Morgan: 96 tanks in service and 361 closed. 92 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Morgan 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 Morgan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DONOVAN PROPERTIESJACKSONVILLE
- LITTLETON STORM & TIMBER SERVICES, INC.ARENZVILLE