Cole County, MO
The federal environmental record for Cole County (population 77,278): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cole 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLE COUNTY PWSD 1 MO3024159 | PFOA: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MO AMERICAN JEFFERSON CITY DISTRICT MO3010409 | PFBA: 7.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Cole filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 5k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNILEVER MANUFACTURING (US) INC. | JEFFERSON CITY | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| PHILLIPS 66 JEFFERSON CITY TERMINAL | JEFFERSON CITY | Toluene, n-Hexane | 1k lb |
| MODINE MANUFACTURING CO | JEFFERSON CITY | Lead, Copper | 1k lb |
| DELONG'S INC | JEFFERSON CITY | Manganese, Nickel | 24 lb |
| COLE COUNTY INDUSTRIES CO INC | JEFFERSON CITY | - | 0 lb |
| BEST BLOCK - JEFFERSON CITY PLANT | JEFFERSON CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - JEFFERSON CITY | JEFFERSON CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 197 tank facilities in Cole: 126 tanks in service and 388 closed. 87 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cole 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 Cole, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANHYDROUS AMMONIA-CEDAR CREEK TANKJEFFERSON CITY