Howard County, IN
The federal environmental record for Howard County (population 83,831): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
15
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
34
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Steel Corp. | Kokomo | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
| Kokomo Contaminated Ground Water Plume | Kokomo | on the NPL | 03/26/2015 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Howard reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Howard filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 53k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYNES INTERNATIONAL INC | KOKOMO | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel | 22k lb |
| JWA CO. LTD. | KOKOMO | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 9k lb |
| STARPLUS ENERGY LLC | KOKOMO | Nickel, Cobalt | 8k lb |
| FCA US KOKOMO TRANSMISSION PLANT | KOKOMO | Copper, Ammonia | 5k lb |
| FCA US INDIANA TRANSMISSION PLANT | KOKOMO | Manganese, Copper | 3k lb |
| SYNDICATE SALES INC | KOKOMO | Formaldehyde, Phenol | 3k lb |
| FCA US KOKOMO CASTING PLANT | KOKOMO | Ammonia, Copper | 2k lb |
| SOULBRAIN MI INC | KOKOMO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 234 tank facilities in Howard: 170 tanks in service and 592 closed. 159 fuel releases are on record, of which 34 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Howard 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 Howard, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHDD, INCORPORATIONKOKOMO
- CITY OF KOKOMO/KOKOMO DUMP SITEKOKOMO
- COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS - KOKOMO INDIANAKOKOMO
- CONTINENTAL STEEL DIXON RD.KOKOMO
- CONTINENTAL STEEL DIXON RD.KOKOMO
- DIXON ROAD SITEKOKOMO
- IZAAK WALTON LEAGUEKOKOMO
- KOKOMO CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER PLUMEKOKOMO
- KOKOMO CREEK SEDIMENT SITEKOKOMO
- KOKOMO VOC PLUME SITEKOKOMO
- MARKLAND ROAD QUARRY SITEKOKOMO
- MIDWEST PLATING CORPORATEDKOKOMO
- WESTMOOR DR. HOUSEKOKOMO
- WILDCAT CREEK SEDIMENT SITEKOKOMO
- WILDCAT CREEK SOUTH BANKKOKOMO