Lyon County, KS
The federal environmental record for Lyon County (population 32,172): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
19
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lyon 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)
4 facilities in Lyon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 401k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNGE N.A. (OPD WEST) INC. | EMPORIA | n-Hexane | 362k lb |
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC. | EMPORIA | Ammonia | 20k lb |
| CAMSO MANUFACTURING USA LTD. (EMPORIA DIVISION) | EMPORIA | Zinc compounds, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 19k lb |
| CARGILL ANIMAL NUTRITION & HEALTH | EMPORIA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 117 tank facilities in Lyon: 61 tanks in service and 283 closed. 159 fuel releases are on record, of which 19 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lyon 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 Lyon, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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