Lander County, NV
The federal environmental record for Lander County (population 5,769): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lander 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)
2 facilities in Lander filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 20.6M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEVADA GOLD MINES LLC-CORTEZ DISTRICT | CRESCENT VALLEY | Lead And Lead Compounds, Arsenic compounds | 12.0M lb |
| NEVADA GOLD MINES LLC - PHOENIX MINE | BATTLE MOUNTAIN | Lead And Lead Compounds, Zinc compounds | 8.6M lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 52 tank facilities in Lander: 13 tanks in service and 113 closed. 76 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lander 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 Lander, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANTELOPE VALLEY PESTICIDE SITEANTELOPE VALLEY
- AUSTIN WELLAUSTIN
- CYPRUS MINES CORP NORTHUMBERLAND PROJAUSTIN
- DRESSER MINERALS GREYSTONE MINEBATTLE MOUNTAIN
- DUVAL CORP MINE SITEBATTLE MOUNTAIN
- ELDER CREEK MINESOUTH OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
- IMCO SERVICES INC NORRIS CLIPPER MILLBATTLE MOUNTAIN
- NEW PASS RESOURCES INCAUSTIN