Natchitoches Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for Natchitoches Parish (population 36,291): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Natchitoches 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM LA1069007 | PFHpA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Natchitoches filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER / RED RIVER MILL | CAMPTI | Methanol, Manganese compounds | 1.4M lb |
| CHOPIN MILL | CHOPIN | Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds | 54k lb |
| ALLIANCE COMPRESSORS | NATCHITOCHES | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nickel | 5k lb |
| WEYERHAEUSER NR CO NATCHITOCHES PLANT | NATCHITOCHES | Phenol | 1k lb |
| PILGRIM'S NATCHITOCHES FEED MILL | NATCHITOCHES | - | 0 lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP NATCHITOCHES PROCESSING PLANT | NATCHITOCHES | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 263 tank facilities in Natchitoches: 101 tanks in service and 585 closed. 33 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Natchitoches as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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.
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