Charlevoix County, MI
The federal environmental record for Charlevoix County (population 26,159): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
35
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlevoix Municipal Well | Charlevoix | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Charlevoix 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)
2 facilities in Charlevoix filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 278k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST MARYS CEMENT U.S. LLC | CHARLEVOIX | Benzene, Ammonia | 265k lb |
| LEXAMAR CORP | BOYNE CITY | Xylene (mixed isomers), Methyl isobutyl ketone | 13k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 139 tank facilities in Charlevoix: 80 tanks in service and 350 closed. 91 fuel releases are on record, of which 35 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL WELLCHARLEVOIX
- COAST GUARD STATIONCHARLEVOIX
- USCG BEAVER ISLAND HIGH LEVEL SITEBEAVER ISLAND