Jasper County, IN
The federal environmental record for Jasper County (population 33,535): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
21
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Jasper 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)
6 facilities in Jasper filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 580k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATION | WHEATFIELD | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 568k lb |
| IROQUOIS BIO-ENERGY CO LLC | RENSSELAER | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 12k lb |
| PROFORM FINISHING PRODUCTS - JASPER | RENSSELAER | Zinc compounds, Vinyl acetate | 1k lb |
| CHIEF INDUSTRIES INC BUILDINGS DIV | RENSSELAER | Manganese, Chromium | 26 lb |
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC | WHEATFIELD | Lead compounds, Mercury compounds | 1 lb |
| OZINGA READY-MIX CONCRETE-WHEATFIELD | WHEATFIELD | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 121 tank facilities in Jasper: 134 tanks in service and 267 closed. 59 fuel releases are on record, of which 21 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jasper 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 Jasper, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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