Jackson County, IN
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 46,460): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Recycling Corp. | Seymour | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JACKSON COUNTY WATER UTILITY IN5236003 | PFOA: 6 ng/L PFOS: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 87k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE RIVER SEYMOUR LLC | SEYMOUR | n-Hexane | 50k lb |
| NIPPON STEEL PIPE AMERICA INC. | SEYMOUR | Zinc compounds, Manganese | 17k lb |
| AISIN USA MANUFACTURING INC. PLANT II | SEYMOUR | Toluene, Manganese | 11k lb |
| O&K AMERICAN CORP. | SEYMOUR | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese | 4k lb |
| AISIN CHEMICAL INDIANA LLC | CROTHERSVILLE | Certain glycol ethers, Methanol | 3k lb |
| ANDERSONS INC | SEYMOUR | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2k lb |
| AISIN DRIVETRAIN INC. | CROTHERSVILLE | Copper | 270 lb |
| AISIN USA MANUFACTURING INC | SEYMOUR | Manganese, Chromium | 120 lb |
| CERRO WIRE LLC | CROTHERSVILLE | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP), Copper | 73 lb |
| E&H TUBING INC | BROWNSTOWN | Manganese, Chromium | 20 lb |
| VALEO N.A. INC. | SEYMOUR | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 155 tank facilities in Jackson: 120 tanks in service and 340 closed. 86 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HELT ENTERPRISE FIREUNIONTOWN
- ITT UNITED PLASTICS DIVISIONMEDORA
- SEYMOUR RECYCLING CORP.SEYMOUR