Polk County, OR
The federal environmental record for Polk County (population 89,805): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Polk 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 |
|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM OR4100399 | PFBS: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Polk filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 20k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACPI WOOD PRODUCTS LLC | INDEPENDENCE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 20k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 146 tank facilities in Polk: 73 tanks in service and 332 closed. 132 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Polk 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 Polk, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PERRYDALE BARN FIREAMITY
- RJ MOBILITY (FORMER INDEPENDENCE LAUNDRY)INDEPENDENCE
- WALLACE MARINE PARKSALEM
- WEST SALEM - 7TH & PATTERSONSALEM
- WEST SALEM HIGH SCHOOLSALEM
- WEST SALEM ORCHARD HEIGHTS PARKSALEM
- WEST SALEM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BALLFIELDSALEM