Houghton County, MI
The federal environmental record for Houghton County (population 37,599): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
23
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
45
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torch Lake | Houghton County | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Houghton 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)
3 facilities in Houghton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 599k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOPPERS PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS | HUBBELL | Ammonia, Copper compounds | 524k lb |
| WARM RAIN CORP | CALUMET | Styrene | 52k lb |
| CALUMET ELECTRONICS CORP | CALUMET | Copper, Ammonia | 22k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 172 tank facilities in Houghton: 95 tanks in service and 429 closed. 74 fuel releases are on record, of which 45 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Houghton 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 Houghton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 5TH ST CALUMET FIRE SITECALUMET
- ASSAY BUILDING MERCURY SITERIPLEY
- ATLAS POWDERHANCOCK
- C & H LAKE LINDEN OPERATIONSLAKE LINDEN
- C & H MINERAL BUILDINGHUBBELL
- C & H TAMARACK OPERATIONSSOUTH HUBBELL
- C&H MACHINE SHOPCALUMET
- CALUMET AND HECLA POWER PLANT SITETORCH LAKE TOWNSHIP
- CALUMET STAMPMILLLAKE LINDEN
- CALUMET WAREHOUSE DRUM SITECALUMET
- CENTENNIAL MINECALUMET TOWNSHIP
- CHASSELL MERCURY SPILLCHASSELL
- FLORIDA GASLAURIUM
- FREDA REDRIDGEFREDA
- HOUGHTON THALLIUM INCIDENTHOUGHTON
- JULIO PROPERTIES SITEHANCOCK
- LAKE LINDEN RECREATION AREA SEDIMENTS1000 HILTUNEN STREET LAKE LINDEN
- MICHIGAN SMELTERHOUGHTON
- QUINCY MASON OPERATIONSOSCEOLA TOWNSHIP
- QUINCY MINING COMPANY-MASON SITEMASON
- TAMARACK STAMPMILL SITEHUBBELL
- TORCH LAKEHOUGHTON
- USCG OLD STATION PORTAGEDOLLAR BAY