Palo Pinto County, TX
The federal environmental record for Palo Pinto County (population 29,747): 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
5
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Palo Pinto 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 MINERAL WELLS TX1820001 | PFBA: 9.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Palo Pinto filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 222k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| RM MILLER POWER | PALO PINTO | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, n-Hexane | 180k lb |
| BUCKLEY OIL CO - MINERAL WELL SITE | MINERAL WELLS | n-Hexane, Toluene | 19k lb |
| MINERAL WELLS FACILITY | MINERAL WELLS | Styrene | 17k lb |
| POLYMER ADHESIVE LLC | MINERAL WELLS | n-Hexane, Ammonia | 5k lb |
| GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC. - PLANT 48 | MINERAL WELLS | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride | 803 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 164 tank facilities in Palo Pinto: 84 tanks in service and 354 closed. 81 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MINERAL WELLS MERCURY PICKUP RESPONSEMINERAL WELLS
- PALO PINTO MERCURYPALO PINTOR