Wapello County, IA
The federal environmental record for Wapello County (population 35,166): 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
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
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open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Deere (Ottumwa Works Landfills) | Ottumwa | deleted | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wapello 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WAPELLO RURAL WATER ASSOC. IA9000742 | PFBA: 5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Wapello filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 857k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| JBS PORK | OTTUMWA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 781k lb |
| OTTUMWA GENERATING STATION | OTTUMWA | Ammonia, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 55k lb |
| JOHN DEERE OTTUMWA WORKS | OTTUMWA | sec-Butyl alcohol | 14k lb |
| PRAXIS MID AMERICA | OTTUMWA | Styrene | 7k lb |
| IDEAL READY MIX - OTTUMWA | OTTUMWA | Lead | 285 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 135 tank facilities in Wapello: 95 tanks in service and 313 closed. 68 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wapello 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 Wapello, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JOHN DEERE (OTTUMWA WORKS LANDFILLS)OTTUMWA
- SOUTHERN IOWA MECHANICALOTTUMWA