Gibson County, IN
The federal environmental record for Gibson County (population 32,904): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gibson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GIBSON WATER, INC. IN5226009 | PFOA: 4.9 ng/L PFPeA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Gibson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON GENERATING STATION | OWENSVILLE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Zinc compounds | 3.2M lb |
| TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING INDIANA INC | PRINCETON | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Sodium nitrite | 235k lb |
| TOYOTA BOSHOKU INDIANA LLC | PRINCETON | Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, Diisocyanates | 48 lb |
| MID-STATES RUBBER PRODUCTS INC | PRINCETON | Zinc compounds | 9 lb |
| NIDEC MOTOR CORP PRINCETON | PRINCETON | Copper, Lead | 1 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 120 tank facilities in Gibson: 90 tanks in service and 277 closed. 52 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gibson 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 Gibson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- EMGE PACKING COMPANYFORT BRANCH
- OLD HEINZ FACTORYPRINCETON