Curry County, NM
The federal environmental record for Curry County (population 47,222): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT & SF (Clovis) | Clovis | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Curry with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| EPCOR WATER NEW MEXICO INC CLOVIS NM3527305 | PFBS: 4.3 ng/L | detected |
| CANNON AIR FORCE BASE WATER SYSTEM NM3567905 | PFPeA: 42 ng/L PFHxA: 28 ng/L PFBA: 20 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Curry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.0M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST CHEESE LLC | CLOVIS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 2.0M lb |
| US DOD USAF CANNON AFB | CANNON AFB | Ethylbenzene, Lead And Lead Compounds | 592 lb |
| HI-PRO FEEDS CLOVIS | CLOVIS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 224 tank facilities in Curry: 79 tanks in service and 486 closed. 47 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Curry 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 Curry, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AT & SF (CLOVIS)CLOVIS
- CANNON AIR FORCE BASECANNON AFB
- US AIR FORCE MELROSE RANGEMELROSE