Monroe County, IN
The federal environmental record for Monroe County (population 139,342): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
21
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Stone Quarry | Bloomington | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
| Lemon Lane Landfill | Bloomington | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Neal's Landfill (Bloomington) | Bloomington | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Monroe 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)
2 facilities in Monroe filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 31 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCLE-PROSCO INC | BLOOMINGTON | Hydrogen fluoride, Nitric acid | 20 lb |
| COOK INC ELLETTSVILLE NORTH | ELLETTSVILLE | Ethylene oxide | 11 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 256 tank facilities in Monroe: 208 tanks in service and 638 closed. 164 fuel releases are on record, of which 21 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Monroe 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 Monroe, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BENNETT STONE QUARRYBLOOMINGTON
- FLUCK MILL ROAD FLOODPLAINBLOOMINGTON
- GRIFFIN PROPERTYBLOOMINGTON
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL SPRINGBLOOMINGTON
- INDIANA WOODTREATINGBLOOMINGTON
- LEMON LANE LANDFILLBLOOMINGTON
- NEAL'S LANDFILL (BLOOMINGTON)BLOOMINGTON
- WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATIONBLOOMINGTON
- WESTSIDE OF CLEAR CREEKBLOOMINGTON
- WINSTON THOMASBLOOMINGTON