Hood County, TX
The federal environmental record for Hood County (population 67,774): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hood 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OAK TRAIL SHORES TX1110004 | PFBA: 7.5 ng/L PFHxS: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Hood filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAR STEP TRINKOTE COATINGS LLC | CRESSON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 2k lb |
| TRI-CHEM SPECIALTY LLC | CRESSON | Ethylene glycol, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 3 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 111 tank facilities in Hood: 126 tanks in service and 162 closed. 35 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hood 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 Hood, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- TOLAR SAW MILL TREATED WOOD FIRETOLAR
- TRI-CHEM SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LLCCRESSON