Calhoun County, MI
The federal environmental record for Calhoun County (population 133,366): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
27
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
27
TRI facilities
121
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill | Albion | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
| McGraw Edison Corp. | Albion | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Verona Well Field | Battle Creek | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Calhoun 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BATTLE CREEK - VERONA SYSTEM MI0000450 | PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| SPRINGFIELD MI0006240 | PFPeA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
27 facilities in Calhoun filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 834k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREMBO HOMER FOUNDRY | HOMER | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Copper | 572k lb |
| KNAUF INSULATION INC. | ALBION | Ammonia, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 128k lb |
| BREMBO NA | HOMER | Zinc (fume or dust), n-Butyl alcohol | 48k lb |
| THE ANDERSONS MARATHON HOLDINGS LLC - ALBION FACILITY | ALBION | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 34k lb |
| AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - ALBION FACILITY | ALBION | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 12k lb |
| DENSO MANUFACTURING MICHIGAN INC | BATTLE CREEK | Hydrogen fluoride, Manganese | 9k lb |
| MARSHALL EXCELSIOR CO | MARSHALL | Copper, Lead | 6k lb |
| ROSLER METAL FINISHING USA LLC | BATTLE CREEK | Styrene | 6k lb |
| WOODWORTH INC HOMER | HOMER | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING CO INC. | MARSHALL | Chromium, Nickel | 4k lb |
| TRMI INC | BATTLE CREEK | Toluene | 3k lb |
| OMEGA CASTINGS INC | BATTLE CREEK | Nickel, Chromium | 3k lb |
| STELMI AMERICA LLC | MARSHALL | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| CALHOUN FOUNDRY CO INC. | HOMER | Manganese, Lead | 2k lb |
| BLEISTAHL N.A. LP | BATTLE CREEK | Copper | 250 lb |
| TRIBAL MANUFACTURING INC. | MARSHALL | Copper, Lead | 190 lb |
| ARCOSA SHORING PRODUCTS 1596 | UNION CITY | Nickel | 148 lb |
| WESTROCK CO | BATTLE CREEK | Lead And Lead Compounds | 120 lb |
| BASF TODA AMERICA INC | BATTLE CREEK | Nickel compounds, Cobalt compounds | 88 lb |
| AUTOCAM PRECISION COMPONENTS | MARSHALL | Nickel, Chromium | 21 lb |
| COSMA CASTING MICHIGAN | BATTLE CREEK | Lead | 1 lb |
| TRANSCONTINENTAL (BATTLE CREEK) | BATTLE CREEK | Diisocyanates | 0 lb |
| MUSASHI AUTO PARTS-MI INC. | BATTLE CREEK | - | 0 lb |
| PROGRESSIVE DYNAMICS ENTERPRISES LLC | MARSHALL | - | 0 lb |
| ADVANTAGE SINTERED METALS INC | BATTLE CREEK | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 552 tank facilities in Calhoun: 267 tanks in service and 1,511 closed. 382 fuel releases are on record, of which 121 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Calhoun 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 Calhoun, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALBION ETHER SITEALBION
- ALBION MYSTERY OIL SPILLALBION
- ALBION-SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP LANDFILLALBION
- AMERICAN WOODCRAFTUNION CITY
- ARDMOOR MERCURY SPILL SITEBATTLE CREEK
- BATTLE CREEK VA MEDICAL CENTERBATTLE CREEK
- BATTLE CREEK WRECKINGBATTLE CREEK
- BROOKS FOUNDRY LAGOONSALBION
- CLIFF STREET WELLSBATTLE CREEK
- DALRYMPLE SCHOOL SITEALBION
- HARVARD INDUSTRIESALBION
- MARSHALL U-HALL DRUMMARSHALL
- MCGRAW EDISON CORP.ALBION
- MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRSBATTLE CREEK
- MICHIGAN GRAVURE CORPORATIONBATTLE CREEK
- MIDWEST METALLURGICAL LABORATORY INCMARSHALL
- MULBERRY ASBESTOSALBION
- ORBIT ENTERPRISESBATTLE CREEK
- PICKENS PLATINGALBION
- SPRINGFIELD TYRESPRINGFIELD
- TERRITORIAL ROAD RELEASEBATTLE CREEK
- THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANYBATTLE CREEK
- UNION STEEL PRODUCTS INC. PLANT 1ALBION
- UNITED STEEL AND WIREBATTLE CREEK
- US EPA/CALHOUN CO-STRIPPING WIZARDSMARSHALL
- VERONA WELL FIELDBATTLE CREEK
- WATTLES ROAD BC MERCURYBATTLE CREEK