Pittsburg County, OK
The federal environmental record for Pittsburg County (population 43,479): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pittsburg 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LONGTOWN RW&SD #1 (PITTSBURG CO.) OK1020623 | PFBA: 6.6 ng/L | detected |
| PITTSBURG CO. RWD #11 (KIOWA) OK3006105 | PFBA: 6.4 ng/L | detected |
| PITTSBURG CO. RWD #16 OK3006106 | PFBA: 6 ng/L | detected |
| ADAMSON RWD #8 OK3006112 | PFBA: 5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Pittsburg filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 172k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT | MCALESTER | Aluminum (fume or dust), Lead compounds | 111k lb |
| EURECAT US | MCALESTER | Molybdenum trioxide, Nickel compounds | 61k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 187 tank facilities in Pittsburg: 134 tanks in service and 384 closed. 57 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pittsburg as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Pittsburg, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 75 CLEANERSMCALESTER
- AMMUNITION PLANTMCALESTER