Webster County, IA
The federal environmental record for Webster County (population 36,485): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Webster 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 Webster filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 605k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOCH FERTILIZER FT. DODGE LLC | DUNCOMBE | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 491k lb |
| CARGILL INC | FORT DODGE | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 31k lb |
| CJ BIO AMERICA | FORT DODGE | Ammonia | 28k lb |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORP | FORT DODGE | Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 22k lb |
| VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS LLC | FORT DODGE | n-Hexane, Acetaldehyde | 21k lb |
| POET BIOREFINING-GOWRIE LLC | GOWRIE | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 13k lb |
| NESTLE PURINA PETCARE CO | FORT DODGE | Zinc compounds | 452 lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - FORT DODGE | FORT DODGE | Manganese, Lead And Lead Compounds | 223 lb |
| US GYPSUM-FORT DODGE PLANT | FORT DODGE | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 36 lb |
| CERTAINTEED GYPSUM | FORT DODGE | Lead | 7 lb |
| ELANCO FORT DODGE | FORT DODGE | Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 6 lb |
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC | FORT DODGE | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| CCM - FT. DODGE SOUTH | FORT DODGE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 224 tank facilities in Webster: 96 tanks in service and 470 closed. 99 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Webster 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 Webster, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PCE FORMER SPERRY CLEANERFORT DODGE
- SUNSHINE LAUNDRYFORT DODGE