Potter County, TX
The federal environmental record for Potter County (population 114,647): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Potter 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AMARILLO MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM TX1880001 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Potter filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 387k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC | AMARILLO | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 265k lb |
| GRI TOWERS TEXAS | AMARILLO | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 75k lb |
| SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO HARRINGTON STATION | AMARILLO | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride | 46k lb |
| CLIFFSIDE CRUDE HELIUM ENRICHMENT UNIT | AMARILLO | n-Hexane | 50 lb |
| EXCEL MACHINERY LTD | AMARILLO | Chromium, Nickel | 6 lb |
| WESTERN MARKETING INC. | AMARILLO | Ethylene glycol | 5 lb |
| AMARILLO ASPHALT PLANT | AMARILLO | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3 lb |
| QUIKRETE - AMARILLO TX PLANT | AMARILLO | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 559 tank facilities in Potter: 281 tanks in service and 1,236 closed. 184 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Potter as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 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 Potter, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMARILLO PHOSPHINE INCIDENTAMARILLO
- BNSF AMARILLOAMARILLO
- CONSERVATION & PRODUCTION RESEARCH LABBUSHLAND