Hendricks County, IN
The federal environmental record for Hendricks County (population 186,387): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hendricks 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BROWNSBURG WATER WORKS IN5232002 | PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
| DANVILLE WATER WORKS IN5232004 | PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L PFHxA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| PLAINFIELD RE-ENTRY EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN5232007 | PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| PITTSBORO WATER COMPANY IN5232019 | PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L PFHxA: 3.9 ng/L | detected |
| PLAINFIELD WATER WORKS IN5232020 | PFPeA: 7.1 ng/L PFBS: 3.8 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Hendricks filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 103k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEEL DYNAMICS INC-ENGINEERED BAR PRODUCTS DIV | PITTSBORO | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 85k lb |
| FGF LLC | BROWNSBURG | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia | 16k lb |
| PHOENIX FABRICATORS & ERECTORS INC | AVON | Manganese, Lead | 947 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 198 tank facilities in Hendricks: 221 tanks in service and 452 closed. 126 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hendricks 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 Hendricks, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CLAYTON GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONCLAYTON
- DANVILLE VINYL CHLORIDE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION SITEDANVILLE
- PLAINFIELD WAREHOUSE FIRE (AKA, WALMART DC FIRE)PLAINFIELD