Matagorda County, TX
The federal environmental record for Matagorda County (population 36,359): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Matagorda reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Matagorda filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 437k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP-MATAGORDA FACILITY | BAY CITY | n-Hexane, Ethylene | 169k lb |
| CELANESE LTD BAY CITY PLANT | BAY CITY | Vinyl acetate, Ethylene | 106k lb |
| TENARIS BAY CITY INC. | BAY CITY | Manganese, Nickel | 94k lb |
| OXEA CORP BAY CITY PLANT | BAY CITY | Butyraldehyde, n-Butyl alcohol | 65k lb |
| GULFMARK ENERGY INC | BAY CITY | n-Hexane, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| CHEMICALS INC BAY CITY SITE | BAY CITY | Toluene, Formaldehyde | 60 lb |
| WILLIAMS FSG - MARKHAM CRYOGENIC GAS PROCESSING PLANT | MARKHAM | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 223 tank facilities in Matagorda: 117 tanks in service and 459 closed. 104 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Matagorda 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 Matagorda, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ENVIRONMENTAL FLUIDS, INC.BAY CITY