Cooper County, MO
The federal environmental record for Cooper County (population 16,947): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cooper 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BOONVILLE PWS MO3010089 | PFBA: 5.1 ng/L PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Cooper filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 10k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATERPILLAR INC. - HIGH PERFORMANCE MOLDED PRODUCTS | BOONVILLE | Zinc compounds, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10k lb |
| HUEBERT FIBERBOARD INC | BOONVILLE | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 21 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 81 tank facilities in Cooper: 37 tanks in service and 169 closed. 38 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cooper 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 Cooper, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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