Platte County, NE
The federal environmental record for Platte County (population 34,609): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
9
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
16
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th Street Site | Columbus | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Lindsay Manufacturing Co. | Lindsay | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Platte 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)
16 facilities in Platte filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 701k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADM CORN PROCESSING-COLUMBUS | COLUMBUS | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Acetaldehyde | 601k lb |
| LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO | LINDSAY | Zinc compounds, Manganese | 45k lb |
| BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL -MEDICATION DELIVERY SOLUTIONS | COLUMBUS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chromium | 30k lb |
| VALMONT NEWMARK INC | COLUMBUS | Manganese, Nickel | 14k lb |
| FLEXCON CO INC. | COLUMBUS | Toluene, Vinyl acetate | 5k lb |
| CARGILL | COLUMBUS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3k lb |
| BEHLEN MFG. CO. | COLUMBUS | Zinc compounds, Lead | 993 lb |
| DOUGLAS HOLDINGS | COLUMBUS | Manganese | 534 lb |
| CAMACO COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING LLC | COLUMBUS | Manganese | 515 lb |
| BECTON DICKINSON & CO | COLUMBUS | Ethylene oxide | 47 lb |
| MIBA INDUSTRIAL BEARINGS U.S. LLC | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| KENT NUTRITION GROUP INC. | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| VISHAY DALE PLANT 2 | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| ADM ANIMAL NUTRITION INC | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| HUBBARD FEEDS INC | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
| GERHOLD CONCRETE CO - COLUMBUS PLANT | COLUMBUS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 46 tank facilities in Platte: 123 tanks in service and 8 closed. 167 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Platte 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 Platte, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 10TH STREET SITECOLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS - JACKSON SERVICES INCCOLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS - LIBERTY CLNRS & SHIRT LDY #1COLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS - MILLER RADIATOR & MACHINE SHPCOLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS - VILLAGE WASH HOUSECOLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS FMGPCOLUMBUS
- HIGHWAY 81 AND 48TH AVENUE INDUSTRIAL SITECOLUMBUS
- HUMPHREY GRAIN BINHUMPHREY
- LIBERTY CLEANERS & LAUNDERERSCOLUMBUS