Henderson County, TX
The federal environmental record for Henderson County (population 86,158): 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
8
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Henderson 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 TRINIDAD TX1070004 | PFBA: 125 ng/L PFMPA: 4.2 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| EAST CEDAR CREEK FWSD B A MCKAY TX1070019 | PFBA: 5.7 ng/L | detected |
| CAROLYNN ESTATES TX1070106 | PFBA: 7 ng/L PFHxS: 3.9 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
| EAST CEDAR CREEK FWSD BROOKSHIRE TX1070167 | PFBA: 27.1 ng/L PFHpS: 4.9 ng/L | detected |
| WEST CEDAR CREEK MUD TX1070190 | PFBA: 16.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Henderson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 73k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACME BRICK CO TEXAS CLAY | MALAKOFF | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride | 42k lb |
| GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC. - PLANT 70 | ATHENS | Hydrogen fluoride, Lead | 26k lb |
| DILLON MANUFACTURING | ATHENS | Styrene | 4k lb |
| STERITEC SERVICES LLC | ATHENS | Ethylene oxide | 255 lb |
| TXI-SEVEN POINTS READY MIX | SEVEN POINTS | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| CLAYTON ATHENS | ATHENS | - | 0 lb |
| CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS INC | ATHENS | - | 0 lb |
| TXI-ATHENS READY MIX | ATHENS | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 268 tank facilities in Henderson: 197 tanks in service and 518 closed. 77 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Henderson 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 Henderson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- EAST TEXAS AG SUPPLY FIREATHENS
- MITCHAM STREET DRUMSMALAKOFF
- SEVEN POINTS CYANIDE DRUMKEMP
- UNION PACIFIC CHANDLER TEXASCHANDLER