Leavenworth County, KS
The federal environmental record for Leavenworth County (population 83,518): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Leavenworth 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)
3 facilities in Leavenworth filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 930 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS US PENITENTIARY | LEAVENWORTH | Lead | 926 lb |
| GEIGER READY MIX | LEAVENWORTH | Lead | 4 lb |
| GREAT WESTERN MANUFACTURING CO. INC. | LEAVENWORTH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 127 tank facilities in Leavenworth: 98 tanks in service and 314 closed. 157 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS US PENITENTIARYLEAVENWORTH
- MERCURY-179TH STREETLEAVENWORTH
- USAR COMBINED ARMS CTR & FT LEAVENWORTHFORT LEAVENWORTH