Socorro County, NM
The federal environmental record for Socorro County (population 15,963): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
0
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cal West Metals (USSBA) | Lemitar | deleted | 03/13/1989 |
| Eagle Picher Carefree Battery | Socorro | on the NPL | 09/19/2007 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Socorro 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.
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 89 tank facilities in Socorro: 39 tanks in service and 228 closed. 48 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Socorro 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 Socorro, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BLM-LEMITAR LANDFILLLEMITAR
- BLM-SAN ANTONIO LANDFILLSAN ANTONIO
- BLM-WASTE ELECTRIC SITE #1SOCORRO
- CAL WEST METALS (USSBA)LEMITAR
- CIBOLA NF: COBB RESOURCES CORPMAGDALENA
- EAGLE PICHER CAREFREE BATTERYSOCORRO
- NEW MEXICO TECH MERCURY SPILLSOCORRO
- OLSON WELLSOCORRO