Deer Lodge County, MT
The federal environmental record for Deer Lodge County (population 9,673): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Co. Smelter | Anaconda | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area | Silver Bow Creek | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Deer Lodge 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)
1 facilities in Deer Lodge filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 24k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVE GATES GENERATING STATION | ANACONDA | Ammonia | 24k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 65 tank facilities in Deer Lodge: 19 tanks in service and 159 closed. 32 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Deer Lodge as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Deer Lodge, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANACONDA CO SMELTERANACONDA
- GRANT-KOHRS RANCHDEER LODGE