Kleberg County, TX
The federal environmental record for Kleberg County (population 30,069): 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 Kleberg 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 KINGSVILLE TX1370001 | PFBA: 14.4 ng/L PFPeA: 5.7 ng/L PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Kleberg filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 9.2M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING RANCH GAS PLANT | KINGSVILLE | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 9.2M lb |
| U.S. NAVY NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE | KINGSVILLE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 144 tank facilities in Kleberg: 76 tanks in service and 262 closed. 84 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kleberg 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 Kleberg, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLEKINGSVILLE
- PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORECORPUS CHRISTI