Elkhart County, IN
The federal environmental record for Elkhart County (population 206,409): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
7
Superfund NPL sites
26
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
100
TRI facilities
49
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conrail Rail Yard (Elkhart) | Elkhart | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Himco Dump | Elkhart | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Lane Street Ground Water Contamination | Elkhart | on the NPL | 09/23/2009 |
| Lusher Street Ground Water Contamination | Elkhart | on the NPL | 03/19/2008 |
| Main Street Well Field | Elkhart | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| North 5th Street Groundwater Contamination | Goshen | on the NPL | 03/16/2022 |
| North Shore Drive | Elkhart | on the NPL | 09/22/2014 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Elkhart 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ELKHART PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES IN5220008 | PFBS: 9.8 ng/L PFHxS: 8.8 ng/L PFPeA: 8.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| LIPPERT COMPONENTS (PLANT #30) IN2201093 | PFBA: 6.7 ng/L | detected |
| GOSHEN WATER UTILITY IN5220009 | PFPeA: 5.1 ng/L PFHxA: 4.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
100 facilities in Elkhart filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.4M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTER WAY PRODUCTS | NEW PARIS | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 304k lb |
| TRUCK ACCESSORIES GROUP LLC DBA TAG MIDWEST | ELKHART | Styrene | 101k lb |
| GLOBAL COMPOSITES INC PLANT 4 | ELKHART | Styrene | 90k lb |
| GLOBAL COMPOSITES INC. PLANT 6 PANEL DIV | ELKHART | Styrene | 81k lb |
| LTA MANUFACTURING LLC | ELKHART | Styrene | 55k lb |
| THOR WAKARUSA LLC | WAKARUSA | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 54k lb |
| FOREST RIVER INC. COLLEGE AVENUE COMPLEX | GOSHEN | Tetrachloroethylene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 51k lb |
| ALTEC ENGINEERING INC | ELKHART | Styrene | 47k lb |
| KOUNTRY WOOD PRODUCTS LLC | NAPPANEE | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol | 46k lb |
| MIDDLEBURY HARDWOOD PRODUCTS | MIDDLEBURY | n-Butyl alcohol | 45k lb |
| PREMIER FIBERGLASS | ELKHART | Styrene | 43k lb |
| MASTERBRAND CABINETS INC | GOSHEN | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 41k lb |
| KOUNTRY WOOD PRODUCTS LLC | NAPPANEE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 40k lb |
| SMOKER CRAFT INC. | NEW PARIS | Styrene, Diisocyanates | 40k lb |
| FRANKLIN-BAY LLC | ELKHART | Styrene | 32k lb |
| NEWMAR CORP | NAPPANEE | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 27k lb |
| ELKHART PRODUCTS CORP | ELKHART | Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, Copper | 23k lb |
| JAYCO INC. | MIDDLEBURY | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 21k lb |
| HIGHWATER MARINE LLC. DBA GODFREY MARINE | ELKHART | Styrene | 20k lb |
| TALON PRODUCTS LLC | BRISTOL | Styrene | 20k lb |
| CARRERA CUSTOM PAINTING INC. | ELKHART | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 19k lb |
| DELIVERY CONCEPTS INC | ELKHART | Styrene | 17k lb |
| GLOBAL COMPOSITES INC PLANT 3 | ELKHART | Styrene | 17k lb |
| VIXEN COMPOSITES LLC | ELKHART | Styrene | 14k lb |
| PATRICK INDUSTRIES INC. D/B/A ALPHA SYSTEMS | ELKHART | Toluene, n-Hexane | 13k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 710 tank facilities in Elkhart: 411 tanks in service and 1,594 closed. 274 fuel releases are on record, of which 49 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Elkhart 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 Elkhart, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ACCRA PAC INC (SIA)ELKHART
- CONN SITEELKHART
- CONRAIL RAIL YARD (ELKHART)ELKHART
- DUTCHMEN TAB/WILD THINGBRISTOL
- EARTHMOVERS LANDFILL FIRE SITEELKHART
- ELKHART ABANDONED FORMER CHEMICAL RESEARCH LABELKHART
- ELKHART FOUNDRY & MACHINE COMPANY INCORPORATEDELKHART
- GEMEINHARDT COMPANY INCORPORATEDELKHART
- GOSHEN MUNICIPAL WELL FIELDGOSHEN
- HIMCO DUMPELKHART
- HOLLY DRIVEELKHART
- HOSKINS MANUFACTURING COMPANY -ANEW PARIS
- JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCGOSHEN
- LABOUR PUMPELKHART
- LANE STREET GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONELKHART
- LINCOLN AVENUE DUMPGOSHEN
- LUSHER STREET GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONELKHART
- MAIN STREET WELL FIELDELKHART
- MIDDIE MART - PAK A SAKMIDDLEBURY
- NORTH SHORE DRIVEELKHART
- ROUNDHOUSEELKHART
- SELMER COMPANYELKHART
- SUNSET AVENUEELKHART
- VITCO INCNAPPANEE
- WESTERN RUBBERGOSHEN
- WOODLAWN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTELKHART