Barton County, KS
The federal environmental record for Barton County (population 24,899): 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
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
38
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plating, Inc. | Great Bend | on the NPL | 03/19/2008 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Barton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GREAT BEND, CITY OF KS2000911 | PFPeA: 110 ng/L PFHxA: 69 ng/L PFHxS: 60 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Barton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 29k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD TANK & EQUIPMENT CO INC | GREAT BEND | Styrene | 29k lb |
| DOONAN SPECIALIZED TRAILER LLC | GREAT BEND | Zinc compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 416 lb |
| FULLER INDUSTRIES INC | GREAT BEND | Certain glycol ethers | 2 lb |
| HAMPTON HYDRAULICS LLC (GREAT BEND INDUSTRIES) | GREAT BEND | - | 0 lb |
| SUPERIOR ESSEX INTERNATIONAL INC. | HOISINGTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 162 tank facilities in Barton: 99 tanks in service and 393 closed. 193 fuel releases are on record, of which 38 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Barton 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 Barton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- GREAT BEND (EX) A-G GUNNERY RANGEGREAT BEND
- PLATING, INC.GREAT BEND