Kalamazoo County, MI
The federal environmental record for Kalamazoo County (population 262,215): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
20
TRI facilities
179
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Ion Chemicals, Inc. | Kalamazoo | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| K&L Avenue Landfill | Oshtemo Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Michigan Disposal Service (Cork Street Landfill) | Kalamazoo | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Roto-Finish Co., Inc. | Kalamazoo | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kalamazoo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KALAMAZOO MI0003520 | PFBS: 7.6 ng/L PFOS: 6.7 ng/L PFPeA: 6.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| PORTAGE MI0005520 | PFBS: 7.7 ng/L PFHxS: 5 ng/L | detected |
| PFIZER MI2032539 | PFPeA: 4.6 ng/L PFHxS: 3.3 ng/L PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Kalamazoo filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 512k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHARMACIA & UPJOHN CO LLC A SUBSIDIARY OF PFIZER INC | PORTAGE | N,N-Dimethylformamide, Methanol | 341k lb |
| ALLNEX USA INC | KALAMAZOO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 137k lb |
| CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS | KALAMAZOO | Methanol, Hydroquinone | 26k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FORT CUSTER TRAINING CENTER RANGES | AUGUSTA | Lead | 4k lb |
| FLOWSERVE CORP | KALAMAZOO | Chromium, Lead compounds | 3k lb |
| RICHARD-ALLAN SCIENTIFIC | KALAMAZOO | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 867 lb |
| GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL INC | KALAMAZOO | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 403 lb |
| HAVILAND PRODUCTS CO | KALAMAZOO | Methanol, Toluene | 182 lb |
| HUMPHREY PRODUCTS CO | KALAMAZOO | Copper | 13 lb |
| KEPCO INC | VICKSBURG | Nitric acid | 10 lb |
| KAISER ALUMINUM FABRICATED PRODUCTS LLC | KALAMAZOO | Copper, Chromium | 3 lb |
| MICHIGAN PAVING & MATERIALS CO - KALAMAZOO ASPHALT | KALAMAZOO | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| CHEMSTATION KALAMAZOO | KALAMAZOO | - | 0 lb |
| AZON USA INC | KALAMAZOO | - | 0 lb |
| BUNTING BEARINGS LLC. | PORTAGE | - | 0 lb |
| FEMA CORP OF MICHIGAN INC | PORTAGE | - | 0 lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST | KALAMAZOO | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN PNEUMATIC DIV | RICHLAND | - | 0 lb |
| STRYKER INSTRUMENTS | PORTAGE | - | 0 lb |
| KALSEC INC | KALAMAZOO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 686 tank facilities in Kalamazoo: 338 tanks in service and 1,952 closed. 520 fuel releases are on record, of which 179 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALLIED PAPER, INC./PORTAGE CREEK/KALAMAZOO RIVERKALAMAZOO
- APEC AMPERSEE ST. SITEKALAMAZOO
- AUTO ION CHEMICALS, INC.KALAMAZOO
- CLOVERLEAFSCHOOLCRAFT
- GALESBURG OIL SEEPGALESBURG
- GEORGIA - PACIFIC CORPORATIONKALAMAZOO
- I-94 EMERGENCY RESPONSEGALESBURG
- K&L AVENUE LANDFILLOSHTEMO
- MI DEPT/MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRSAUGUSTA
- MICHIGAN DISPOSAL SERVICE (CORK STREET LANDFILL)KALAMAZOO
- MORROW LAKE SEDIMENT RELEASECOMSTOCK
- PANELYTEKALAMAZOO
- PAW PAW PLATINGPAW PAW
- PRODUCTION PLATED PLASTICS INC (SIA)RICHLAND
- ROTO-FINISH CO., INC.KALAMAZOO
- SPEARFLEX CORPORATIONKALAMAZOO
- TEXAS TOWNSHIP DRUM SITEKALAMAZOO