Allen County, IN
The federal environmental record for Allen County (population 394,545): 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
10
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
41
TRI facilities
77
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Reduction Dump | Fort Wayne | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Allen 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NEW HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT IN5202009 | PFPeA: 8.1 ng/L PFHxA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
| FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT IN5202020 | PFPeA: 8 ng/L PFHxA: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
41 facilities in Allen filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.7M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GM TRUCK GROUP FORT WAYNE ASSEMBLY | ROANOKE | n-Butyl alcohol, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 985k lb |
| TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES NORTH CAROLINA COMPOSITES LL | GRABILL | Styrene, Zinc compounds | 150k lb |
| MASTER SPAS INC | FORT WAYNE | Styrene, Diisocyanates | 131k lb |
| SDI LAFARGA LLC | NEW HAVEN | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 130k lb |
| SUPERIOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS LLC | NEW HAVEN | Copper And Copper Compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 79k lb |
| PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC | FORT WAYNE | Nitric acid, Peracetic acid | 54k lb |
| POLAR KING INTERNATIONAL INC | FORT WAYNE | Styrene | 49k lb |
| ESSEX GROUP INC CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT | FORT WAYNE | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Phenol | 39k lb |
| R3 COMPOSITES CORP | GRABILL | Styrene | 33k lb |
| FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS LLC (FERGUSON SITE) | FORT WAYNE | Nickel, Hydrogen fluoride | 13k lb |
| REA MAGNET WIRE CO | FORT WAYNE | Phenol, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 13k lb |
| PYROMATION INC | FORT WAYNE | Diisocyanates | 8k lb |
| BRUNSWICK LEISURE BOAT CO | FORT WAYNE | Styrene | 8k lb |
| WALMART DAIRY #7390 | FORT WAYNE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 8k lb |
| TRELLEBORG SEALS DIV | FORT WAYNE | Copper | 7k lb |
| PLASTIC COMPOSITES CO | FORT WAYNE | Styrene | 6k lb |
| BF GOODRICH TIRE MANUFACTURING | WOODBURN | Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| VALBRUNA SLATER STAINLESS INC | FORT WAYNE | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 3k lb |
| STONCOR GROUP INC. | FORT WAYNE | Styrene | 2k lb |
| FAURECIA CLEAN MOBILITY | FORT WAYNE | Chromium | 1k lb |
| DANA LIGHT AXLE PRODUCTS LLC | FORT WAYNE | Manganese, Nickel | 942 lb |
| DREYER'S GRAND ICE CREAM | FORT WAYNE | Nitric acid | 647 lb |
| BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS INC. | FORT WAYNE | Lead | 545 lb |
| FORT WAYNE ANODIZING CORPORATI ON | FORT WAYNE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 358 lb |
| OTTENWELLER CO | FORT WAYNE | Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 295 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 932 tank facilities in Allen: 700 tanks in service and 2,268 closed. 529 fuel releases are on record, of which 77 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Allen 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 Allen, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DEPENDABLE BRAKEFORT WAYNE
- FORT WAYNE REDUCTION DUMPFORT WAYNE
- HASSAN BARREL SITEFORT WAYNE
- I.J. COVINGTON ROADFT WAYNE
- IMEL BATTERYFT. WAYNE
- INDIANA DEPT OF TRANSP FORT WAYNEFORT WAYNE
- PARROT ROAD DUMPNEW HAVEN
- R3 COMPOSITES CORPORATIONGRABILL
- THREE RIVERS PLATINGFORT WAYNE
- U.S. DEFENSE NATIONAL STOCKPILE CENTER NEW HAVEN DEPOTNEW HAVEN