Howell County, MO
The federal environmental record for Howell County (population 40,735): 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
5
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Howell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WEST PLAINS PWS MO4010853 | PFBS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Howell filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 6k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH PERFORMANCE HOSE FACILITY | POMONA | Zinc compounds | 5k lb |
| AHF PRODUCTS | WEST PLAINS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 427 lb |
| ROYAL OAK ENTERPRISES - BRANDSVILLE | BRANDSVILLE | Methanol | 390 lb |
| ROYAL OAK ENTERPRISES-MTVIEW | MOUNTAIN VIEW | Methanol | 305 lb |
| PACE CONSTRUCTION CO WEST PLAINS PLANT | WEST PLAINS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 3 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 116 tank facilities in Howell: 64 tanks in service and 229 closed. 44 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Howell 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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