Knox County, IN
The federal environmental record for Knox County (population 36,070): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prestolite Battery Division | Vincennes | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Knox 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)
5 facilities in Knox filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 651k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCEPTER INC | BICKNELL | Ammonia, Manganese | 386k lb |
| DUKE ENERGY INDIANA INC. - EDWARDSPORT IGCC | EDWARDSPORT | Barium And Barium Compounds, Zinc compounds | 264k lb |
| WABASH STEEL CO LLC | VINCENNES | Manganese | 658 lb |
| FARBEST FOODS INC. | VINCENNES | Peracetic acid | 319 lb |
| HIXSON LUMBER CO. LLC | VINCENNES | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 161 tank facilities in Knox: 88 tanks in service and 371 closed. 63 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Knox 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 Knox, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PRESTOLITE BATTERY DIVISIONVINCENNES