Ogemaw County, MI
The federal environmental record for Ogemaw County (population 20,990): 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
56
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 42 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPERION MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES | WEST BRANCH | Cobalt, Nickel | 42 lb |
| TAYLOR ENTRANCE SYSTEMS | WEST BRANCH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 133 tank facilities in Ogemaw: 62 tanks in service and 300 closed. 115 fuel releases are on record, of which 56 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- SEMPCOWEST BRANCH