Bowie County, TX
The federal environmental record for Bowie County (population 91,687): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koppers Co., Inc. (Texarkana Plant) | Texarkana | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant | Texarkana | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Texarkana Wood Preserving Co. | Texarkana | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bowie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF HOOKS TX0190002 | PFBA: 34 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF NEW BOSTON TX0190003 | PFBA: 6.4 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF WAKE VILLAGE TX0190005 | PFBA: 7 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF NASH TX0190006 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
| CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTY WSC TX0190024 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Bowie filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 53k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST FRASER WOOD PRODUCTS INC. | NEW BOSTON | Methanol, Lead compounds | 47k lb |
| THE STERNO GROUP LLC | TEXARKANA | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 4k lb |
| U.S. ARMY RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT | TEXARKANA | Mixture | 1k lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION | TEXARKANA | Lead | 631 lb |
| EXPAL TEXARKANA | HOOKS | Lead compounds, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 288 lb |
| TCI TEXARKANA INC. | NASH | Manganese | 125 lb |
| DAY & ZIMMERMANN LONE STAR LLC | TEXARKANA | Lead compounds | 3 lb |
| JCM INDUSTRIES INC. | NASH | - | 0 lb |
| RED RIVER READY MIX LLC | TEXARKANA | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 384 tank facilities in Bowie: 240 tanks in service and 862 closed. 193 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bowie 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 Bowie, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- KOPPERS CO., INC. (TEXARKANA PLANT)TEXARKANA
- LONE STAR ARMY AMMUNITION PLANTTEXARKANA
- TEXARKANA WOOD PRESERVING CO.TEXARKANA
- US ARMY RED RIVER ARMY DEPOTTEXARKANA