Ogle County, IL
The federal environmental record for Ogle County (population 51,265): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
37
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Salvage Yard | Byron | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Ogle 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)
10 facilities in Ogle filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 227k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEATLAND TUBE WESTERN TUBE | ROCHELLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 69k lb |
| HA INTERNATIONAL LLC | OREGON | Phenol, Formaldehyde | 65k lb |
| QUALITY METAL FINISHING CO | BYRON | 1-Bromopropane, Cyanide compounds | 47k lb |
| CHS ROCHELLE | ROCHELLE | Ammonia, Acetaldehyde | 19k lb |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORP | ROCHELLE | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 18k lb |
| ROCHELLE FOODS LLC | ROCHELLE | Sodium nitrite | 9k lb |
| SWENSON SPREADER LLC | LINDENWOOD | Nickel, Manganese | 497 lb |
| WEC CO | OREGON | Manganese, Nickel | 64 lb |
| FORGE GROUP CARDINAL LLC DBA CARDINAL FORGE CO | ROCHELLE | Copper | 3 lb |
| HIXSON LUMBER CO LLC | ROCHELLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 256 tank facilities in Ogle: 125 tanks in service and 537 closed. 143 fuel releases are on record, of which 37 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ogle 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 Ogle, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AG-PROWOOSUNG
- BYRON SALVAGE YARDBYRON
- QUEBECOR PRINTING MT MORRIS INCMOUNT MORRIS