Anoka County, MN
The federal environmental record for Anoka County (population 372,441): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
9
Superfund NPL sites
12
federal cleanup sites
10
PFAS-detecting water systems
28
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise Cascade/Onan Corp./Medtronics, Inc. | Fridley | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
| East Bethel Demolition Landfill | East Bethel Township | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| FMC Corp. (Fridley Plant) | Fridley | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Fridley Commons Park Well Field | Fridley | deleted | 01/19/1999 |
| Kurt Manufacturing Co. | Fridley | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant | Fridley | on the NPL | 11/21/1989 |
| Oak Grove Sanitary Landfill | Oak Grove Township | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| South Andover Site | Andover | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Waste Disposal Engineering | Andover | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Anoka 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anoka MN1020001 | PFBA: 14.9 ng/L PFHxS: 11.4 ng/L | detected |
| Blaine MN1020006 | PFBA: 25.2 ng/L | detected |
| Circle Pines MN1020013 | PFBA: 6 ng/L | detected |
| Columbia Heights MN1020016 | PFBA: 12.4 ng/L | detected |
| Coon Rapids MN1020017 | PFBA: 42.8 ng/L | detected |
| Lino Lakes MN1020023 | PFBA: 44.8 ng/L | detected |
| Fridley MN1020031 | PFBA: 9.5 ng/L | detected |
| Andover MN1020034 | PFBA: 11.1 ng/L | detected |
| Ramsey MN1020035 | PFBA: 15.4 ng/L | detected |
| Centerville MN1020036 | PFBA: 7.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
28 facilities in Anoka filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 525k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CO | ANOKA | Ethylene glycol, Copper And Copper Compounds | 356k lb |
| ECO FINISHING | FRIDLEY | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 63k lb |
| ARROW FINISHING | BLAINE | Dichloromethane | 52k lb |
| MINNCAST INC | FRIDLEY | Chromium, Nickel | 32k lb |
| INVEST CAST INC. | MINNEAPOLIS | Chromium, Nickel | 5k lb |
| STYLMARK INC | FRIDLEY | Nitric acid | 5k lb |
| PLASTI DIP INTERNATIONAL | BLAINE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5k lb |
| DUGAS BOWERS PLATING CO. | FRIDLEY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 4k lb |
| NVENT HOFFMAN | ANOKA | Styrene, Copper | 2k lb |
| H.B. FULLER CO | FRIDLEY | Zinc compounds, Lead compounds | 826 lb |
| KURT MANUFACTURING CO | FRIDLEY | Copper, Lead | 228 lb |
| MINCO PRODUCTS INC | FRIDLEY | Copper, Lead | 169 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS BLAINE (BLA) | BLAINE | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 165 lb |
| LIFE FITNESS | RAMSEY | Manganese | 34 lb |
| STERIS INC | COON RAPIDS | Ethylene oxide | 28 lb |
| NVENT HOFFMAN | ANOKA | Manganese | 8 lb |
| GRACO INC-ANOKA | ANOKA | Manganese, Copper | 7 lb |
| ALUMIPLATE INC | COON RAPIDS | Copper | 5 lb |
| CUMMINS POWER GENERATION | MINNEAPOLIS | Ethylene glycol | 3 lb |
| BALLANTINE - DIV OF U.S. TSUBAKI | ANOKA | Zinc compounds, Lead | 1 lb |
| IDC SPRING (9385 COON RAPIDS) | COON RAPIDS | - | 0 lb |
| INCERTEC | FRIDLEY | - | 0 lb |
| MATE PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES | ANOKA | - | 0 lb |
| MICRO CONTROL CO | FRIDLEY | - | 0 lb |
| CEMSTONE - COLUMBUS | FOREST LAKE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 554 tank facilities in Anoka: 529 tanks in service and 1,353 closed. 418 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Anoka 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 Anoka, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BAE SYSTEMS - NAVAL SEA SYSTEM COMMAND (FMC)FRIDLEY
- BAE SYSTEMS - NAVAL SEA SYSTEM COMMAND (FMC)FRIDLEY
- BAE SYSTEMS - NAVAL SEA SYSTEM COMMAND (FMC)FRIDLEY
- BLAINE MUNICIPAL WELL CONTAMINATIONBLAINE
- BOISE CASCADE/ONAN CORP./MEDTRONICS, INC.FRIDLEY
- EAST BETHEL DEMOLITION LANDFILLEAST BETHEL
- FRIDLEY COMMONS PARK WELL FIELDFRIDLEY
- KURT MANUFACTURING CO - MAIN STREETFRIDLEY
- NORTH MAIN STREET SOIL VAPOR - SA 131FRIDLEY
- OAK GROVE SANITARY LANDFILLOAK GROVE
- SOUTH ANDOVER SITEANDOVER
- WASTE DISPOSAL ENGINEERING SLANDOVER