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.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEVADA GOLD MINES LLC - CARLIN SOUTH AREA | CARLIN | Arsenic compounds, Lead compounds | 28.1M lb |
| NEVADA GOLD ENERGY LLC | BEOWAWE | Ammonia, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 48k lb |
| GOLD BAR MINE | EUREKA | Mercury compounds, Lead | 10k lb |
| NEVADA GOLD MINES- EMIGRANT MINE | CARLIN | Hydrogen cyanide, Mercury compounds | 5k lb |
| RUBY HILL MINING CO LLC | EUREKA | Propylene, Mercury compounds | 828 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.
Get the report - $39All 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