Douglas County, MN
The federal environmental record for Douglas County (population 39,953): 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
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaGrand Sanitary Landfill | LaGrand Township | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Douglas 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria MN1210001 | PFHxS: 8.8 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L PFBS: 3.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Douglas filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 86k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3M CO-ALEXANDRIA | ALEXANDRIA | Phenol, Formaldehyde | 85k lb |
| DOUGLAS FINISHING | ALEXANDRIA | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| SUNOPTA GRAINS & FOODS | ALEXANDRIA | - | 0 lb |
| HUBBARD FEEDS INC. | ALEXANDRIA | - | 0 lb |
| STANDARD IRON & WIRE WORKS INC. | ALEXANDRIA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 134 tank facilities in Douglas: 113 tanks in service and 333 closed. 110 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Douglas 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 Douglas, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALEXANDRIA MUNICIPAL WELL CONTAMINATIONALEXANDRIA
- LAGRAND SANITARY LANDFILLALEXANDRIA