Adams County, NE
The federal environmental record for Adams County (population 30,899): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garvey Elevator | Hastings | on the NPL | 09/14/2005 |
| Hastings Ground Water Contamination | Hastings | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| West Highway 6 & Highway 281 | Hastings | on the NPL | 04/19/2006 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Adams 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HASTINGS, CITY OF NE3100101 | PFOS: 6.6 ng/L PFHxS: 6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Adams filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHELAN ENERGY CENTER (WEC 1 HU WEC 2 PPGA) | HASTINGS | Barium, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 671k lb |
| AGP PROCESSING INC | HASTINGS | n-Hexane, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 654k lb |
| A-1 FIBERGLASS | HASTINGS | Styrene | 54k lb |
| CHIEF ETHANOL FUELS INC | HASTINGS | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 21k lb |
| DUTTON-LAINSON CO | HASTINGS | Trichloroethylene, Lead | 14k lb |
| U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD GREENLIEF TRAINING SITE RANGES | HASTINGS | Lead | 5k lb |
| THERMO KING CORP | HASTINGS | - | 0 lb |
| FLOWSERVE CORP | HASTINGS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 45 tank facilities in Adams: 86 tanks in service and 27 closed. 174 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Adams 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 Adams, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARMY GUARD WETHASTINGS
- GARVEY ELEVATORHASTINGS
- HASTINGS CITY LANDFILLHASTINGS
- HASTINGS GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONHASTINGS
- WEST HIGHWAY 6 & HIGHWAY 281HASTINGS