Vernon Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for Vernon Parish (population 46,250): 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
1
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Vernon 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)
1 facilities in Vernon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 29k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| U S ARMY JRTC & FORT POLK | FORT POLK | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 29k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 188 tank facilities in Vernon: 88 tanks in service and 416 closed. 39 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Vernon 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Vernon, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FORT POLK & PEASON RIDGEFORT POLK