Bourbon County, KS
The federal environmental record for Bourbon County (population 14,408): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bourbon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FORT SCOTT, CITY OF KS2001104 | PFBA: 10.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Bourbon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 13k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMKEN SMO LLC | FORT SCOTT | Zinc compounds | 13k lb |
| PEERLESS PRODUCTS INC | FORT SCOTT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 43 tank facilities in Bourbon: 20 tanks in service and 91 closed. 64 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bourbon 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.
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