Buena Vista County, IA
The federal environmental record for Buena Vista County (population 20,567): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Buena Vista 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)
8 facilities in Buena Vista filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 317k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATINUM CRUSH LLC | ALTA | n-Hexane | 195k lb |
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC | STORM LAKE | Ammonia, Peracetic acid | 61k lb |
| REMBRANDT ENTERPRISES INC. | REMBRANDT | Nitric acid, Peracetic acid | 29k lb |
| VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS ALBERT CITY* | ALBERT CITY | Acrolein, n-Hexane | 22k lb |
| HILLSHIRE BRANDS PLANT-WHOLLY OWNED SUB OF TYSON FOODS INC | STORM LAKE | Ammonia, Peracetic acid | 8k lb |
| FURST MCNESS CO | STORM LAKE | Zinc compounds | 716 lb |
| MERIDIAN MANUFACTURING INC. | STORM LAKE | - | 0 lb |
| THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS CO FEED MILL | STORM LAKE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 137 tank facilities in Buena Vista: 53 tanks in service and 302 closed. 57 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MERCURY-FRANKLIN STREETNEWELL