Dawson County, NE
The federal environmental record for Dawson County (population 24,085): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Dawson 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)
5 facilities in Dawson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC | LEXINGTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 2.4M lb |
| CHIEF ETHANOL FUELS INC. | LEXINGTON | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 11k lb |
| UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO INC - LEXINGTON DIV - | LEXINGTON | Manganese | 15 lb |
| UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO INC - LEXINGTON DIV - | LEXINGTON | Manganese | 5 lb |
| CURBTENDER INC. | GOTHENBURG | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 53 tank facilities in Dawson: 108 tanks in service and 41 closed. 192 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Dawson 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Dawson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 5TH AND LINCOLN STREETLEXINGTON
- CYANOGRAN DRUM GOTHENBURGGOTHENBURG