Lee County, IA
The federal environmental record for Lee County (population 32,565): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. (County Road X23) | West Point | deleted | 08/30/1990 |
| Sheller-Globe Corp. Disposal | Keokuk | deleted | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RATHBUN REG WATER ASSN (FT MADISON) IA0400901 | PFBA: 12 ng/L | detected |
| KEOKUK MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS IA5640019 | PFBA: 11 ng/L PFBS: 6.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Lee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO | FORT MADISON | Ammonia, Molybdenum trioxide | 2.7M lb |
| KOCH FERTILIZER WEVER LLC | WEVER | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.1M lb |
| ROQUETTE AMERICA INC | KEOKUK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 217k lb |
| AMSTED RAIL CO INC | KEOKUK | Manganese, Lead | 164k lb |
| KEOKUK STEEL CASTINGS | KEOKUK | Naphthalene, Manganese | 19k lb |
| HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE IOWA INC | KEOKUK | Zinc compounds, 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 14k lb |
| AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS USA LLC- FORT MADISON PLANT | FORT MADISON | Butyl acrylate, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 12k lb |
| IDEAL REAY MIX - KEOKUK | KEOKUK | Lead | 245 lb |
| IDEAL READY MIX - FORT MADISON | FORT MADISON | Lead | 207 lb |
| SCOTTS CO FORT MADISON IOWA | FORT MADISON | Triclopyr-triethylammonium salt | 74 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 149 tank facilities in Lee: 80 tanks in service and 354 closed. 65 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lee 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 Lee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DU PONT, E I DE NEMOURS & CO -FT MADISONFT MADISON
- E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC. (COUNTY ROAD X23)WEST POINT
- FIRST MISSISSIPPI CORP FERTILIZER PLANTWEVER
- MCCARL FARMWEST POINT
- SHELLER-GLOBE CORP. DISPOSALKEOKUK