Barber County, KS
The federal environmental record for Barber County (population 4,071): 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
1
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Barber 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)
1 facilities in Barber filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 168 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - MEDICINE LODGE | MEDICINE LODGE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 168 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 48 tank facilities in Barber: 23 tanks in service and 121 closed. 46 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Barber as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Barber, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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