Scott County, MO
The federal environmental record for Scott County (population 37,889): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Plating | Sikeston | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTT CITY PWS MO4010726 | PFHxS: 8.4 ng/L | detected |
| SIKESTON PWS MO4010743 | PFPeA: 5.4 ng/L PFHxA: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Scott filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 98k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIKESTON POWER STATION | SIKESTON | Hydrogen fluoride, Barium And Barium Compounds | 90k lb |
| UNILEVER SIKESTON | SIKESTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 6k lb |
| MANAC TRAILERS USA INC ORAN PLANT | ORAN | Nickel, Chromium | 3k lb |
| DELTA ASPHALT | MINER | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 4 lb |
| PAVESTONE - CAPE GIRARDEAU MO PLANT | SCOTT CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| ALAN WIRE CO INC | SIKESTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 131 tank facilities in Scott: 56 tanks in service and 318 closed. 53 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Scott 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 Scott, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HUBBLE CREEK ARSENIC WELLSCOTT CITY
- QUALITY PLATINGSIKESTON