Vigo County, IN
The federal environmental record for Vigo County (population 106,153): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
24
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Street Ground Water Contamination | Terre Haute | on the NPL | 03/07/2007 |
| International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. (Terre Haute East Plant) | Terre Haute | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Vigo 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 - TERRE HAUTE IN5284012 | PFOS: 5.2 ng/L PFPeA: 4.1 ng/L PFBS: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER IN5284015 | PFOS: 7.1 ng/L PFHxS: 3.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Vigo filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 31k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEEL DYNAMICS HEARTLAND LLC | TERRE HAUTE | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 19k lb |
| HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. | TERRE HAUTE | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX TERRE HAUTE | TERRE HAUTE | Lead | 4k lb |
| VP RACING FUELS INC. | TERRE HAUTE | Methyl tert-butyl ether, Methanol | 1k lb |
| GARTLAND FOUNDRY CO INC | TERRE HAUTE | Manganese, Lead | 780 lb |
| UNISON ENGINE COMPONENTS TERRE HAUTE | TERRE HAUTE | Chromium, Cobalt | 622 lb |
| GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC. - PLANT 67 | TERRE HAUTE | Hydrogen fluoride, Lead | 477 lb |
| LENEX STEEL CO | TERRE HAUTE | Manganese | 255 lb |
| GREAT DANE TRAILERS | TERRE HAUTE | Manganese, Nickel | 223 lb |
| AMCOR FLEXIBLES N.A. | TERRE HAUTE | Ozone | 123 lb |
| DANISCO USA INC | TERRE HAUTE | Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 48 lb |
| GEON PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS LLC | TERRE HAUTE | Antimony | 18 lb |
| BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH INC. | TERRE HAUTE | Chlorine | 7 lb |
| AMPACET CORP | TERRE HAUTE | - | 0 lb |
| NOVELIS CORP | TERRE HAUTE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 406 tank facilities in Vigo: 220 tanks in service and 1,141 closed. 173 fuel releases are on record, of which 24 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Vigo 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 Vigo, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ASH STREET GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITETERRA HAUTE
- BI-STATE PRODUCTSTERRE HAUTE
- BLOCK TIRE AND RUBBERTERRE HAUTE
- COLUMBIAN HOME PRODUCTS, LLCTERRE HAUTE
- CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANYTERRE HAUTE
- CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY - BEECH STREETTERRE HAUTE
- ELM STREET GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONTERRE HAUTE
- GREEN VALLEY MINE (AMS)WEST TERRE HAUTE
- HONEY CREEK SEDIMENT CONTAMINATIONTERRE HAUTE
- I GURMAN & SONS INCTERRE HAUTE
- INTERNATIONAL MINERALS (E. PLANT)TERRE HAUTE
- MACHINE TOOL SERVICE INCTERRE HAUTE
- STELLA-JONES CORPTERRE HAUTE
- SUGAR CREEK SCRAPTERRE HAUTE
- TERRE HAUTE MAIN LIFT STATIONTERRE HAUTE
- WABASH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCTERRE HAUTE
- WABASH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCTERRE HAUTE