Whitley County, IN
The federal environmental record for Whitley County (population 34,742): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Waste Oil | Columbia City | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Whitley 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)
13 facilities in Whitley filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 102k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEEL DYNAMICS INC STRUCTURAL & RAIL DIV | COLUMBIA CITY | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 34k lb |
| BRC RUBBER & PLASTICS INC. | CHURUBUSCO | Zinc compounds | 33k lb |
| ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE USA LLC - PLANT #202 | COLUMBIA CITY | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Copper compounds | 16k lb |
| C & R PLATING CORP | COLUMBIA CITY | Zinc compounds | 14k lb |
| CHROMASOURCE INC | COLUMBIA CITY | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 4k lb |
| REELCRAFT INDUSTRIES INC | COLUMBIA CITY | Manganese, Chromium | 656 lb |
| COLUMBIA CITY MILL SERVICES | COLUMBIA CITY | Manganese compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 370 lb |
| ADVANCED MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT LLC | COLUMBIA CITY | Nickel, Chromium | 62 lb |
| MICROPULSE INC | COLUMBIA CITY | Chromium | 31 lb |
| C & A TOOL ENGINEERING INC. | CHURUBUSCO | - | 0 lb |
| C & A TOOL ENGINEERING INC | CHURUBUSCO | - | 0 lb |
| NOVAE LLC-COLUMBIA CITY | COLUMBIA CITY | - | 0 lb |
| UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS INC | COLUMBIA CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 94 tank facilities in Whitley: 66 tanks in service and 232 closed. 55 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Whitley 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 Whitley, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- WAYNE WASTE OILCOLUMBIA CITY