Lincoln County, NE
The federal environmental record for Lincoln County (population 33,365): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lincoln 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF NE3111106 | PFOS: 17 ng/L PFHxS: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Lincoln filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 798k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERALD GENTLEMAN STATION | SUTHERLAND | Barium And Barium Compounds, Hydrogen fluoride | 795k lb |
| MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY LLC | SUTHERLAND | n-Hexane, Acetaldehyde | 2k lb |
| MASONITE CORP | NORTH PLATTE | Certain glycol ethers | 133 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 56 tank facilities in Lincoln: 125 tanks in service and 23 closed. 217 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lincoln 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 Lincoln, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PFAS ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND 10TH STREETNORTH PLATTE