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Baker County, OR

The federal environmental record for Baker County (population 16,912): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

15

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

1

TRI facilities

5

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Baker 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 Baker filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 11k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
ASH GROVE CEMENT CODURKEEAmmonia, Mercury compounds11k lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 128 tank facilities in Baker: 61 tanks in service and 303 closed. 55 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Baker 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Baker, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BAKER CITY MERCURY EXPLOSIONBAKER CITY
  • CALIFORNIA MINE/MILLSUMPTER
  • GOLCONDA MINEBOURNE
  • GRAND TRUNK MINESUMPTER
  • HWY I-84 MULTIPLE SEMI-TRUCK ACCIDENTHUNTINGTON
  • IBEX MINEGRANITE
  • IMPERIAL MINE/MILLSUMPTER
  • MAGNOLIA MINEGRANITE
  • NORTH POLE MINEBOURNE
  • USDA FS UMATILLA NF: AJAX MINEGRANITE
  • USDA FS UMATILLA NF: BLACKJACK MINEGRANITE
  • USDA FS UMATILLA NF: BLUEBIRD MINEGRANITE
  • USDA FS WHITMAN RANGER DISTRICT STORAGE YARDBAKER CITY
  • USDOI BLM BALM CREEK- POORMAN MINE COMPLEXBAKER CITY
  • USDOI BLM MINEXCO MILLSITEBAKER