Polk County, TX
The federal environmental record for Polk County (population 54,186): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Polk 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 LIVINGSTON, TX TX1870002 | PFPeA: 13.1 ng/L PFBA: 12.8 ng/L PFHxA: 12.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKE LIVINGSTON VILLAGE TX1870156 | 6:2 FTS: 18.5 ng/L | detected |
| LAKE LIVINGSTON PINESHADOWS EAST TX1870166 | PFBA: 6.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5 ng/L PFHxA: 4.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Polk filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 200k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDIAN SPRINGS GAS PLANT | LIVINGSTON | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 123k lb |
| CAMDEN PLYWOOD & LUMBER | CAMDEN | Methanol, Lead | 52k lb |
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRIGAN PLYWOOD | CORRIGAN | Methanol | 24k lb |
| CORRIGAN OSB | CORRIGAN | Lead And Lead Compounds, Diisocyanates | 1k lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN | LIVINGSTON | - | 0 lb |
| HEIDELBERG MATERIALS - LIVINGSTON RMC | LIVINGSTON | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 193 tank facilities in Polk: 139 tanks in service and 385 closed. 67 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Polk 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.
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