Bartholomew County, IN
The federal environmental record for Bartholomew County (population 84,003): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
19
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Old Municipal Landfill #1 | Columbus | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Garden City Ground Water Plume | Garden City | on the NPL | 12/12/2013 |
| Tri-State Plating | Columbus | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bartholomew 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL UTILITY IN5203002 | PFPeA: 16.3 ng/L PFBS: 9.6 ng/L PFBA: 9.2 ng/L | detected |
| SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW WATER CORP. IN5203008 | PFPeA: 14.1 ng/L PFBS: 8.7 ng/L PFBA: 8.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
19 facilities in Bartholomew filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 159k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIGHTWAY FASTENERS INC | COLUMBUS | Zinc compounds | 62k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP ATTERBURY RANGES | EDINBURGH | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 55k lb |
| NTN DRIVESHAFT INC | COLUMBUS | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11k lb |
| NINTH AVE FOODS EAST | COLUMBUS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 9k lb |
| CUMMINS INC. | COLUMBUS | Chromium | 9k lb |
| NIKKEI MC ALUMINUM AMERICA INC | COLUMBUS | Manganese, Copper | 6k lb |
| MARIAH FOODS INC. | COLUMBUS | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| SHPP US LLC | COLUMBUS | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| TOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING INC. | COLUMBUS | Manganese, Copper | 252 lb |
| KAMIC CORP | COLUMBUS | Chromium | 220 lb |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS TUBULAR COMPONENTS | COLUMBUS | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium | 67 lb |
| ENKEI AMERICA INC | COLUMBUS | Aluminum (fume or dust), Lead | 54 lb |
| CUMMINS INC COLUMBUS MIDRANGE ENGINE PLANT | COLUMBUS | Zinc compounds | 18 lb |
| RICHARDSON MOLDING LLC | COLUMBUS | Lead | 3 lb |
| FAURECIA EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES | COLUMBUS | Chromium | 0 lb |
| SACOMA SPECIALTY PRODUCTS LLC | EDINBURGH | Chromium | 0 lb |
| SUNRIGHT AMERICA | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| IMPACT FORGE GROUPLLC-IMPACT PLANT (PART) | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| CUMMINS FUEL SYSTEM PLANT | COLUMBUS | Chromium | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 251 tank facilities in Bartholomew: 202 tanks in service and 619 closed. 134 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COLUMBUS OLD MUNICIPAL LANDFILL #1COLUMBUS
- GARDEN CITY GROUND WATER PLUMEGARDEN CITY
- HAUSER HIGH SCHOOLHOPE
- MILLER SALVAGECOLUMBUS
- SHELTON DELVIN RCOLUMBUS
- TRI-STATE PLATINGCOLUMBUS