Taylor County, TX
The federal environmental record for Taylor County (population 146,836): 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
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Taylor 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 ABILENE TX2210001 | PFBA: 43.1 ng/L PFHxS: 32.4 ng/L PFOS: 30 ng/L | above final limit |
| POTOSI WSC TX2210008 | PFBA: 22 ng/L PFOS: 21 ng/L PFHxS: 19.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF TYE TX2210011 | PFOS: 20.4 ng/L PFHxS: 19 ng/L PFHxA: 13.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| DYESS AIR FORCE BASE TX2210013 | PFOS: 21 ng/L PFBA: 20 ng/L PFHxS: 19 ng/L | above final limit |
| STEAMBOAT MOUNTAIN WSC TX2210022 | PFBA: 8.3 ng/L PFBS: 5.4 ng/L PFHxS: 5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Taylor filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 80k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIGE BOATS INC | ABILENE | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 54k lb |
| BROADWIND TOWERS INC | ABILENE | n-Butyl alcohol, Manganese | 18k lb |
| US AIR FORCE DYESS AFB TX | DYESS AFB | Ethylbenzene, Naphthalene | 7k lb |
| BRIDGESTONE BANDAG LLC ABILENE PLANT | ABILENE | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| PETROSMITH EQUIPMENT LP | ABILENE | Manganese, Nickel | 13 lb |
| WESTERN MARKETING INC. | TYE | - | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - ABILLENE TX PLANT | ABILENE | Lead | 0 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION ABILENE | ABILENE | - | 0 lb |
| 14122 ABILENE 1 | ABILENE | Lead | 0 lb |
| INGRAM CONCRETE - ABILENE 4 | ABILENE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 543 tank facilities in Taylor: 298 tanks in service and 1,189 closed. 266 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Taylor 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 Taylor, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABILENE INTERSTATE 20 TRUCK SPILLABILENE
- U.S. AIR FORCE DYESS AFB TXDYESS AFB
- UNION PACIFIC ABILENE DERAILMENTABILENE