Newaygo County, MI
The federal environmental record for Newaygo County (population 51,108): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
43
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Newaygo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FREMONT MI0002490 | PFOA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| HESPERIA MI0003130 | PFBS: 49 ng/L PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Newaygo filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNA MIRRORS CORP-NEWAYGO | NEWAYGO | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 39k lb |
| GERBER PRODUCTS CO | FREMONT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5k lb |
| HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL INC | WHITE CLOUD | Phenol, Aluminum (fume or dust) | 2k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 166 tank facilities in Newaygo: 82 tanks in service and 439 closed. 110 fuel releases are on record, of which 43 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Newaygo as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Newaygo, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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