Chaves County, NM
The federal environmental record for Chaves County (population 63,561): 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
2
TRI facilities
75
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea and West Second Street | Roswell | on the NPL | 04/07/2016 |
| McGaffey and Main Groundwater Plume | Roswell | on the NPL | 09/05/2002 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Chaves 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 Chaves filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 7k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEPRINO FOODS CO | ROSWELL | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 7k lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - ROSWELL | ROSWELL | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 244 tank facilities in Chaves: 97 tanks in service and 568 closed. 140 fuel releases are on record, of which 75 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chaves as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Chaves, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LEA AND WEST SECOND STREETROSWELL
- MCGAFFEY AND MAIN GROUNDWATER PLUMEROSWELL
- NORTH MAIN AND 9TH STREET, ROSWELLROSWELL
- PARKS USTROSWELL
- ROSWELL CITY WELLS 15 AND 16ROSWELL
- WEST SECOND STREET AND NORTH MONTANA AVENUEROSWELL