Dubois County, IN
The federal environmental record for Dubois County (population 43,546): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Dubois 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IRELAND UTILITIES, INC. IN5219008 | PFBA: 7.9 ng/L | detected |
| JASPER MUNICIPAL WATER UTILITY IN5219009 | PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Dubois filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 137k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASTERBRAND CABINETS LLC-DECORA | JASPER | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 72k lb |
| MBCI-FERDINAND OPERATION | FERDINAND | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 64k lb |
| FARBEST FOODS INC | HUNTINGBURG | Peracetic acid | 272 lb |
| STEINKAMP WAREHOUSE INC (DBA SOUTHERN INDIANA TREATING) | HUNTINGBURG | - | 0 lb |
| JASPER RUBBER PRODUCTS INC | JASPER | - | 0 lb |
| N.O.F. - JASPER 11TH AVE. | JASPER | - | 0 lb |
| HOLLAND DAIRY | HOLLAND | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 166 tank facilities in Dubois: 128 tanks in service and 338 closed. 55 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Dubois 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 Dubois, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JASPER MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITYJASPER
- JASPER WOOD PRODUCTS CO INCJASPER