Butler County, MO
The federal environmental record for Butler County (population 41,948): 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
3
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Butler 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)
3 facilities in Butler filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 35k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS & STRATTON LLC | POPLAR BLUFF | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper | 19k lb |
| GATES CORP | POPLAR BLUFF | Zinc compounds | 16k lb |
| MID CONTINENT STEEL & WIRE INC | POPLAR BLUFF | Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 134 tank facilities in Butler: 51 tanks in service and 274 closed. 58 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Butler 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 Butler, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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