Ford County, KS
The federal environmental record for Ford County (population 33,980): 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
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Ground Water Contamination | Wright | on the NPL | 06/17/1996 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DODGE CITY, CITY OF KS2005710 | PFOS: 6.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Ford filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOCH FERTILIZER DODGE CITY LLC | DODGE CITY | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.6M lb |
| CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORP | DODGE CITY | Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide | 623k lb |
| NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO LLC | DODGE CITY | Ammonia, Peracetic acid | 139k lb |
| RSA MICROTECH LLC | DODGE CITY | Zinc compounds, Ammonia | 34 lb |
| HILMAR CHEESE CO DODGE CITY | DODGE CITY | Nitric acid, Ammonia | 15 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - DODGE CITY | DODGE CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 130 tank facilities in Ford: 105 tanks in service and 271 closed. 152 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ford 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 Ford, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PCE DRY CLEANER LOCATION #10DODGE CITY
- PCE DRY CLEANER LOCATION #11DODGE CITY
- PCE DRY CLEANER LOCATION #6DODGE CITY
- PCE DRY CLEANER LOCATION #7DODGE CITY
- PCE DRY CLEANER LOCATION #8DODGE CITY
- PCE DRY CLEANER LOCATION #9DODGE CITY
- WRIGHT GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONWRIGHT