Cowley County, KS
The federal environmental record for Cowley County (population 34,157): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
28
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas City Dump | Arkansas City | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Strother Field Industrial Park | Cowley County | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cowley 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARKANSAS CITY, CITY OF KS2003509 | PFOS: 4.4 ng/L PFHxS: 3.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Cowley filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREEKSTONE FARMS PREMIUM BEEF LLC | ARKANSAS CITY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 1.1M lb |
| GREIF INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING & SERVICES | WINFIELD | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 23k lb |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION | WINFIELD | Nickel, Chromium | 8k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 132 tank facilities in Cowley: 72 tanks in service and 301 closed. 137 fuel releases are on record, of which 28 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cowley 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 Cowley, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARKANSAS CITY DUMPARKANSAS CITY
- MCCONNELL TITAN II -8WINFIELD
- STROTHER FIELD INDUSTRIAL PARKWINFIELD