Perry County, IN
The federal environmental record for Perry County (population 19,209): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Perry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELL CITY WATER DEPARTMENT IN5262004 | PFOA: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Perry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAUPACA FOUNDRY-PLANT 5 | TELL CITY | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 2.4M lb |
| WEBB WHEEL PRODUCTS INC OEM | TELL CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 82 tank facilities in Perry: 39 tanks in service and 207 closed. 24 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Perry 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.
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