Dakota County, NE
The federal environmental record for Dakota County (population 21,268): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Dakota 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)
6 facilities in Dakota filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 270k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPIRICAL FOODS (SSC) | SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 187k lb |
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC | DAKOTA CITY | Ammonia, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 57k lb |
| INGREDION | SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Peracetic acid | 16k lb |
| SIOUXLAND ETHANOL LLC | JACKSON | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 10k lb |
| SIOUXLAND CONCRETE CO | SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| SIOUX CITY FOUNDRY CO | SOUTH SIOUX CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 22 tank facilities in Dakota: 52 tanks in service and 16 closed. 67 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Dakota 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 Dakota, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JACKSON HOMER BEACON ANNEXJACKSON
- RECYCLETRONICS-G STREETSOUTH SIOUX CITY
- TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.DAKOTA CITY