Burnet County, TX
The federal environmental record for Burnet County (population 53,991): 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
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Ground Water Plume | Burnet | on the NPL | 09/30/2015 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Burnet 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 BURNET TX0270001 | PFBA: 6.6 ng/L PFBS: 3.4 ng/L PFHxS: 3 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF MARBLE FALLS TX0270026 | PFBA: 8.7 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 6.4 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF GRANITE SHOALS TX0270049 | PFBA: 16.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Burnet filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 64k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENTEGRIS INC | BURNET | Certain glycol ethers, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 64k lb |
| LHOIST NORTH AMERICA OF TEXAS, LTD MARBLE FALLS PLANT | MARBLE FALLS | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 28 lb |
| IPC FOUNDRY GOUP | MARBLE FALLS | - | 0 lb |
| SURE CAST INC | BURNET | - | 0 lb |
| ASPHALT INC. SPICEWOOD | SPICEWOOD | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 125 tank facilities in Burnet: 103 tanks in service and 259 closed. 43 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Burnet 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 Burnet, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MAIN STREET GROUND WATER PLUMEBURNET
- TEXAS VERMICULITE-BURNETBURNET