Hillsdale County, MI
The federal environmental record for Hillsdale County (population 45,587): 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
2
TRI facilities
47
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Hillsdale 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 Hillsdale filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 25k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSEX SPECIALTY PRODUCTS LLC - HILLSDALE SITE | HILLSDALE | Diisocyanates, Toluene | 25k lb |
| TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING CO INC. | LITCHFIELD | Chromium, Nickel | 554 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 183 tank facilities in Hillsdale: 85 tanks in service and 444 closed. 126 fuel releases are on record, of which 47 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hillsdale 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 Hillsdale, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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