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Eureka County, NV

The federal environmental record for Eureka County (population 1,917): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

5

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

5

TRI facilities

1

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Eureka 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 Eureka filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 28.2M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
NEVADA GOLD MINES LLC - CARLIN SOUTH AREACARLINArsenic compounds, Lead compounds28.1M lb
NEVADA GOLD ENERGY LLCBEOWAWEAmmonia, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))48k lb
GOLD BAR MINEEUREKAMercury compounds, Lead10k lb
NEVADA GOLD MINES- EMIGRANT MINECARLINHydrogen cyanide, Mercury compounds5k lb
RUBY HILL MINING CO LLCEUREKAPropylene, Mercury compounds828 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 29 tank facilities in Eureka: 7 tanks in service and 61 closed. 12 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Eureka 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Eureka, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BARRICK GOLD STRIKE MINE - BLMEUREKA
  • EUREKA SMELTEREUREKA
  • PIPELINE MILLING OPSCRESCENT VALLEY
  • UNIVERSAL GAS INC.EUREKA
  • WESTERN-WINDFALL LTDEUREKA