McKinley County, NM
The federal environmental record for McKinley County (population 68,797): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
35
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
78
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prewitt Abandoned Refinery | Prewitt | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| United Nuclear Corp. | Church Rock | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving McKinley 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)
1 facilities in McKinley filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 10 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLEY PAPER & PACKAGING - NM PAPER MILL | PREWITT | Ethylene glycol, Dazomet | 10 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 274 tank facilities in McKinley: 160 tanks in service and 663 closed. 192 fuel releases are on record, of which 78 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps McKinley 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 McKinley, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BLM-HYDE MINEMCKINLEY
- BLM-THOREAU LANDFILLTHOREAU
- BLUEWATER URANIUM MINEPREWITT
- CROSSROADS RADIOLOGICAL SITESAN MATEO
- EFH MINESGRANTS MINING DISTRICT
- FEBCO AUM SITEPREWITT
- FEBCO MINEPREWITT
- FORT WINGATE DEPOT ACTIVITYGALLUP
- GALLUP RADIATION SITEGALLUP
- HAYSTACK MINES AREAPREWITT
- HAYSTACK MINES AUM SITESBACA/HAYSTACK CHAP
- HAYSTACK NO. 1 AUM SITEBACA/HAYSTACK CHAP
- HAYSTACK ROAD SITEMILAN
- HOGAN MINE AREASAN MATEO
- JOHN BULLY MINE
- LA LINDA TEXACOGALLUP
- MARIANO LAKE AUM SITESMITH LAKE
- MARQUEZ MINE AREASAN MATEO
- NAVAJO - RIO PESCADO DIP VATPESCADO
- NAVAJO - TOADLENA MTN. DIP VATSHEEP SPRINGS
- NAVAJO FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRIESNAVAJO
- OLD CHURCH ROCK MINECHURCH ROCK
- PREWITT ABANDONED REFINERYPREWITT
- RUBY MINES SITESMITH LAKE CHAPTER
- SECTION 25 RESIDENTIAL SITEPREWITT
- TRONOX NAUMAMBROSIA LAKE
- TRONOX NAUM CENTRAL GSAAMBROSIA LAKE
- TRONOX NAUM S18 MINE RESIDENTIAL REMOVALGRANTS
- TRONOX NAUM SECTION 10GRANTS
- TRONOX NAUM SECTION 32CASAMERO LAKE CHAP
- TRONOX NAUM SECTION 33PREWITT
- TRONOX NAUM SECTION 33CASAMERO LAKE CHAP THOREA
- TRONOX NE CHURCHROCK QUIVIRA MINESCHURCH ROCK
- UNITED NUCLEAR CORP.CHURCH ROCK
- ZUNI OPEN DUMPZUNI