Shawnee County, KS
The federal environmental record for Shawnee County (population 177,746): 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
4
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
58
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro-Flex Inc. | Topeka | deleted | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Shawnee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TOPEKA, CITY OF KS2017701 | PFBA: 5.1 ng/L | detected |
| SHAWNEE CO RWD 8 KS2017708 | PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| SHAWNEE CO RWD 4C KS2017718 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Shawnee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.5M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUTAMURA USA INC | TECUMSEH | Carbon disulfide, Hydrogen sulfide | 1.3M lb |
| THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO | TOPEKA | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 165k lb |
| INDUSTRIAL CHROME INC DBA ICI MANUFACTURING | TOPEKA | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 22k lb |
| MARS WRIGLEY | TOPEKA | Ammonia | 15k lb |
| AMERICAN PHOENIX INC. - TOPEKA KS | TOPEKA | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 6k lb |
| FRITO LAY INC | TOPEKA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5k lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC | TOPEKA | Lead compounds, Mercury compounds | 69 lb |
| BIG HEART PET BRANDS | TOPEKA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 602 tank facilities in Shawnee: 303 tanks in service and 1,295 closed. 725 fuel releases are on record, of which 58 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Shawnee 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 Shawnee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FORBES FIELD (EX) AIR FORCE BASETOPEKA
- FORBES FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARDTOPEKA
- HYDRO-FLEX INC.TOPEKA
- PCE SOUTH KANSAS AVENUETOPEKA