Barry County, MO
The federal environmental record for Barry County (population 35,265): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Barry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MONETT PWS MO5010537 | PFHxS: 7.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Barry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 262k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE'S PROCESSING INC OF MISSOURI | CASSVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 245k lb |
| EFCO LLC | MONETT | Diisocyanates, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10k lb |
| SCHREIBER FOODS | MONETT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4k lb |
| TYSON POULTRY INC | MONETT | Peracetic acid | 2k lb |
| ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS INC | MONETT | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1k lb |
| HYDRO EXTRUSION USA LLC | MONETT | Copper, Manganese | 508 lb |
| MONETT METALS INC | MONETT | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 14 lb |
| PLAYPOWER EAST | MONETT | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 10 lb |
| WILLOW BROOK FOODS | PURDY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 92 tank facilities in Barry: 48 tanks in service and 175 closed. 33 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Barry 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.
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