York County, NE
The federal environmental record for York County (population 14,356): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCE Southeast Contamination | York | on the NPL | 05/12/2014 |
| PCE/TCE Northeast Contamination | York | on the NPL | 05/12/2014 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving York 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)
4 facilities in York filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 17k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN PLAINS YORK LLC | YORK | Ammonia, Acetaldehyde | 16k lb |
| HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP (COLLINS AEROSPACE) | YORK | Copper, Lead | 2k lb |
| MASTIC HOME EXTERIORS | YORK | - | 0 lb |
| YORK READY MIX PLANT | YORK | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 26 tank facilities in York: 89 tanks in service and 2 closed. 99 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps York 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 York, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LINCOLN (EX) ATLAS "F" FAC S-10YORK
- PCE SOUTHEAST CONTAMINATIONYORK
- PCE/TCE NORTHEAST CONTAMINATIONYORK
- SOUTHEAST YORK GROUNDWATERYORK
- YORK PUBLIC WATER SUPPLYYORK
- YORK ROAD H GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATIONYORK