Sherburne County, MN
The federal environmental record for Sherburne County (population 102,206): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Sherburne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Becker MN1710008 | PFBA: 20 ng/L PFBS: 9.6 ng/L PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| Big Lake MN1710002 | PFBA: 15.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| Zimmerman MN1710006 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Sherburne filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| XCEL ENERGY SHERBURNE COUNTY GENERATING PLANT | BECKER | Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 3.3M lb |
| CRYSTAL CABINET WORKS INC. -- PRINCETON | PRINCETON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 29k lb |
| LIBERTY PAPER INC | BECKER | Lead | 145 lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN | ELK RIVER | - | 0 lb |
| FORTERRA CONCRETE PRODUCTS - ELK RIVER | ELK RIVER | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 125 tank facilities in Sherburne: 164 tanks in service and 255 closed. 64 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sherburne 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 Sherburne, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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