Tippecanoe County, IN
The federal environmental record for Tippecanoe County (population 188,792): 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
20
TRI facilities
40
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Sanitary Landfill, Inc | Lafayette | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Tippecanoe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PURDUE UNIV. WATER WORKS IN5279015 | PFBS: 17.4 ng/L PFPeA: 11.5 ng/L PFHxA: 11.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Tippecanoe filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.0M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBARU OF INDIANA AUTOMOTIVE INC | LAFAYETTE | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 885k lb |
| TATE & LYLE SAGAMORE | LAFAYETTE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Propylene oxide | 395k lb |
| CARGILL INC | LAFAYETTE | n-Hexane | 299k lb |
| EVONIK CORP TIPPECANOE LABORATORIES | LAFAYETTE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Toluene | 256k lb |
| PRIMARY PRODUCTS INGREDIENTS AMERICAS LLC | LAFAYETTE | Acetaldehyde, Formaldehyde | 96k lb |
| DANA DBA FAIRFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. INC. | LAFAYETTE | Ammonia | 29k lb |
| HEARTLAND AUTOMOTIVE | LAFAYETTE | Cyclohexane | 27k lb |
| PPG LAFAYETTE | LAFAYETTE | Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers | 12k lb |
| REA MAGNET WIRE CO | LAFAYETTE | Phenol, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 8k lb |
| SOUTHWIRE CO LLC | LAFAYETTE | Copper, Antimony compounds | 6k lb |
| INDUSTRIAL PLATING INC | LAFAYETTE | Zinc compounds | 6k lb |
| NANSHAN AMERICA ADVANCED ALUMINUM TECHNOLOGIES | LAFAYETTE | Copper, Lead | 2k lb |
| CROSSROADS GALVANIZING LLC | LAFAYETTE | Zinc compounds | 936 lb |
| ARCONIC US LLC | LAFAYETTE | Copper, Manganese | 760 lb |
| WABASH NATIONAL L.P. | LAFAYETTE | Manganese, Chromium | 252 lb |
| CATERPILLAR INC | LAFAYETTE | Ethylene glycol, Manganese | 214 lb |
| ALLOY CUSTOM PRODUCTS LLC | LAFAYETTE | Chromium, Nickel | 191 lb |
| GE AEROSPACE LAFAYETTE ENGINE FACILITY | LAFAYETTE | Nickel | 17 lb |
| PERRY FOAM PRODUCTS | LAFAYETTE | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 10 lb |
| WABASH NATIONAL L.P. | LAFAYETTE | Manganese, Chromium | 7 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 346 tank facilities in Tippecanoe: 236 tanks in service and 909 closed. 214 fuel releases are on record, of which 40 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CANAL ROAD PUMPING STATIONLAFAYETTE
- ELLIOTT DITCH/WEA CREEK SEDIMENT SITELAFAYETTE
- TIPPECANOE SANITARY LANDFILL, INC.LAFAYETTE
- USPS SERVICE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITYLAFAYETTE