Madison County, NE
The federal environmental record for Madison County (population 35,627): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
13
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co | Norfolk | on the NPL | 04/07/2016 |
| Sherwood Medical Co. | Norfolk | on the NPL | 10/14/1992 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Madison 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)
8 facilities in Madison filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 146k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC. MADISON NEBRASKA | MADISON | Ammonia, Peracetic acid | 39k lb |
| CONTITECH USA LLC | NORFOLK | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP), Zinc compounds | 30k lb |
| ACTUS NUTRITION-NORFOLK | NORFOLK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25k lb |
| NUCOR CORP-VULCRAFT/NUCOR COLD FINISH DIV | NORFOLK | Certain glycol ethers, Manganese | 24k lb |
| CIE NORFOLK GNS LLC | NORFOLK | Acetaldehyde, Acrolein | 23k lb |
| WEILAND INC | NORFOLK | Styrene, Chromium | 5k lb |
| GERHOLD CONCRETE CO NORFOLK PLANT | NORFOLK | Lead | 0 lb |
| CHS NUTRITION NORFOLK | NORFOLK | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 53 tank facilities in Madison: 147 tanks in service and 11 closed. 236 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Madison 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 Madison, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 1401 & 1405 RIVERSIDE BOULEVARD FORMER DRY CLEANERSNORFOLK
- 210 S 3RD STREET DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- 523 NORFOLK AVENUE FORMER DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- HIGHWAY 81 AND SHERWOOD ROAD GROUNDWATERNORFOLK
- IOWA-NEBRASKA LIGHT & POWER CONORFOLK
- LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.LINDSAY
- MADISON AND 5TH STREET PCE PLUMENORFOLK
- NORFOLK AVENUE AND 2ND STREET FORMER DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- NORFOLK AVENUE AND 6TH STREET DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- NORFOLK AVENUE AND 7TH STREET FORMER DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- NORTHWESTERN AVENUE AND SOUTH 3RD STREET DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- RIVERSIDE FORMER DRY CLEANERNORFOLK
- SHERWOOD MEDICAL CO.NORFOLK