Kosciusko County, IN
The federal environmental record for Kosciusko County (population 80,364): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
29
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Disposal Service, Inc. | Claypool | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kosciusko 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 |
|---|---|---|
| INDIANA AMERICAN WATER - WARSAW IN5243030 | PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L PFBS: 5.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
29 facilities in Kosciusko filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.2M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOUIS DREYFUS CO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS LLC | CLAYPOOL | n-Hexane, Methanol | 665k lb |
| DALTON CORP WARSAW MANUFACTURING FACILITY | WARSAW | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds | 204k lb |
| FRONT LINE MANUFACTURING | WARSAW | Styrene | 186k lb |
| COMPOSITE DESIGNS INC | LEESBURG | Styrene | 39k lb |
| HIGHWATER MARINE LLC. SYRACUSE OPERATIONS | SYRACUSE | Styrene | 29k lb |
| SPLENDOR BOATS INC. | SILVER LAKE | Styrene | 18k lb |
| J.P. INC. DBA JASPER PLASTIC SOLUTIONS | SYRACUSE | Styrene, Diisocyanates | 14k lb |
| PARAGON MEDICAL - WARSAW FINISHING SERVICES | WARSAW | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 4k lb |
| ALUDYNE PIERCETON | PIERCETON | Copper, Nickel | 2k lb |
| ZIMMER BIOMET INC | WARSAW | Nitric acid, Nickel | 1k lb |
| ZIMMER BIOMET INC. | WARSAW | Nitric acid, Cobalt | 1k lb |
| DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC | WARSAW | Toluene | 1k lb |
| AKZO NOBEL COATINGS | WARSAW | Triglycidyl isocyanurate | 871 lb |
| PARAGON MEDICAL INC | PIERCETON | Chromium, Nickel | 23 lb |
| BROCK GRAIN SYSTEMS | MILFORD | Manganese, Chromium | 15 lb |
| POLYWOOD INC | SYRACUSE | Copper, Nickel | 12 lb |
| CHORE-TIME GROUP | MILFORD | Nickel, Chromium | 3 lb |
| ABC INDUSTRIES INC | WINONA LAKE | Antimony compounds | 2 lb |
| TECOMET WARSAW-BUILDING #2 | CLAYPOOL | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - MILFORD | MILFORD | - | 0 lb |
| BANNER MEDICAL | WARSAW | - | 0 lb |
| TEXMO BLANK | WARSAW | - | 0 lb |
| BUHRT ENGINEERING INC. | WARSAW | - | 0 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION MENTONE | MENTONE | - | 0 lb |
| RIEPEN LLC (DBA DANCO MEDICAL) | WARSAW | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 303 tank facilities in Kosciusko: 179 tanks in service and 719 closed. 121 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DADA'S SUNKEN VESSELSYRACUSE
- FORMER ARNOLT CORP TRANSFORMER SPILLWARSAW
- LAKELAND DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.CLAYPOOL
- WARSAW WEST WELL #2WARSAW