Kaufman County, TX
The federal environmental record for Kaufman County (population 185,690): 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
6
federal cleanup sites
15
PFAS-detecting water systems
16
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van der Horst USA Corporation | Terrell | on the NPL | 03/04/2010 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kaufman 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 FORNEY TX1290002 | PFBA: 8.4 ng/L PFHxA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF TERRELL TX1290006 | PFBA: 10.8 ng/L PFOS: 10.4 ng/L PFPeA: 8.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| COLLEGE MOUND SUD TX1290012 | PFBA: 55.7 ng/L PFPeA: 6.5 ng/L PFHxA: 5.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| GASTONIA SCURRY SUD TX1290015 | PFPeA: 5.9 ng/L PFBA: 5.7 ng/L PFHxA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| TALTY SUD TX1290025 | PFBA: 37.5 ng/L PFPeA: 9.2 ng/L PFHxA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF KAUFMAN TX1290003 | PFBA: 11.1 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF MABANK TX1290005 | PFBA: 9.4 ng/L | detected |
| ABLES SPRINGS SUD TX1290010 | PFBA: 10.1 ng/L | detected |
| BECKER JIBA WSC TX1290011 | PFBA: 7.3 ng/L | detected |
| FORNEY LAKE WSC TX1290014 | PFBA: 10.4 ng/L PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L PFHxA: 4.4 ng/L | detected |
| HIGH POINT WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION TX1290016 | PFBA: 9.3 ng/L PFHxS: 3 ng/L | detected |
| ROSE HILL SUD TX1290023 | PFBA: 8.8 ng/L | detected |
| KAUFMAN COUNTY FWSD 1A TX1290043 | PFBA: 18.4 ng/L | detected |
| KAUFMAN COUNTY MUD 11 TX1290046 | PFBA: 10.7 ng/L PFPeA: 4.7 ng/L PFHxA: 4.3 ng/L | detected |
| KAUFMAN COUNTY MUD 14 TX1290053 | PFBA: 9.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.9 ng/L PFHxA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
16 facilities in Kaufman filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 650k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONECSUS LLC | TERRELL | Lead compounds, Copper compounds | 431k lb |
| MICA STEELWORKS-KAUFMAN | KAUFMAN | Zinc compounds, Lead | 201k lb |
| SMURFIT KAPPA N.A. - FORNEY MILL | FORNEY | Ammonia, Lead compounds | 8k lb |
| OLDCASTLE BUILDING ENVELOPE - TEXAS FACILITY | TERRELL | Ammonia, Toluene | 5k lb |
| NUCOR BUILDING SYSTEMS-TEXAS | TERRELL | Manganese, Lead | 3k lb |
| VEKA SOUTH | TERRELL | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Antimony compounds | 2k lb |
| TERRELL HOT MIX ASPHALT PLANT | TERRELL | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 273 lb |
| FXI INC. - TERRELL | TERRELL | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 91 lb |
| POWERLAB INC. | TERRELL | Lead And Lead Compounds | 16 lb |
| CARLISLE COATINGS & WATERPROOFING | TERRELL | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 10 lb |
| HUNTER PANELS A DIV OF CARLISLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS | TERRELL | Diisocyanates | 10 lb |
| TXI-MABANK READY MIX | MABANK | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| TERRELL PLANT | TERRELL | - | 0 lb |
| REDI-MIX - FORNEY | FORNEY | Lead | 0 lb |
| HOLCIM-SOR INC. - FORNEY RM | FORNEY | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| TXI-TERRELL READY MIX | TERRELL | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 242 tank facilities in Kaufman: 209 tanks in service and 445 closed. 89 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kaufman 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 Kaufman, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 4-AY TRUCKING COMPANYTERRELL
- COLLEGE STREET MERCURYTERRELL
- CONECSUS FIREFORNEY
- KAUFMAN MALATHIONKAUFMAN
- TERRELL NIKE MISSILE SITETERRELL
- VAN DER HORST USA CORPORATIONTERRELL