Cooke County, TX
The federal environmental record for Cooke County (population 43,782): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cooke 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WOODBINE WSC TX0490018 | 6:2 FTS: 6.2 ng/L PFBA: 5.3 ng/L PFHxA: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Cooke filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 58k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOLDED FIBER GLASS COMPANIES/TEXAS | GAINESVILLE | Styrene | 51k lb |
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC TX | GAINESVILLE | Triglycidyl isocyanurate, Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| INDUSTRIAL MODELS INC | GAINESVILLE | Styrene | 2k lb |
| NOVITA SOLUTIONS LLC | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| IFS COATINGS INC. | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| BMCA GAINESVILLE LLC | GAINESVILLE | Diisocyanates | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 155 tank facilities in Cooke: 131 tanks in service and 327 closed. 62 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cooke 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.
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