Smith County, TX
The federal environmental record for Smith County (population 245,209): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Smith 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 TYLER TX2120004 | PFPeA: 4.6 ng/L PFHxA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| SOUTHERN UTILITIES TX2120063 | PFBA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Smith filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 449k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON FARMS TYLER PROCESSING | TYLER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 240k lb |
| TYLER PIPE CO | TYLER | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 130k lb |
| DELEK TYLER REFINERY | TYLER | Propylene, Toluene | 54k lb |
| REEF SERVICES, LLC | TYLER | Acrylic acid, Toluene | 13k lb |
| REX-HIDE INDUSTRIES INC | TYLER | Zinc compounds, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 11k lb |
| TRANE TYLER | TYLER | Nickel, Copper | 1k lb |
| PILOT THOMAS LOGISTCIS LLC - TYLER | TYLER | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 524 lb |
| SOUTH TYLER ASPHALT PLANT | TYLER | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 137 lb |
| TEXASBIT WEST TYLER ASPHALT PLANT | TYLER | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 96 lb |
| RILEY POWER | TYLER | Chromium | 55 lb |
| TXI-TYLER READY MIX | TYLER | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| TXI-TYLER SOUTH READY MIX | TYLER | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| TXI-TYLER NORTH READY MIX | TYLER | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 679 tank facilities in Smith: 468 tanks in service and 1,312 closed. 316 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Smith 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 Smith, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DELEK REFINING LTDTYLER
- FM 14 DRUM SITETYLER
- WRIGHT CITY GROUNDWATEROVERTON