Wichita County, TX
The federal environmental record for Wichita County (population 130,180): 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
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wichita 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 WICHITA FALLS TX2430001 | PFBA: 14.8 ng/L PFPeA: 6.1 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF IOWA PARK TX2430003 | PFBA: 11.2 ng/L PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF BURKBURNETT TX2430005 | PFBA: 11.2 ng/L PFPeA: 5.1 ng/L PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| WICHITA VALLEY WSC TX2430006 | PFBA: 17 ng/L PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L PFHxA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE TX2430007 | PFBA: 13.2 ng/L PFPeA: 6 ng/L PFHxA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Wichita filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 163k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYOVAC INC IOWA PARK | IOWA PARK | Ozone | 97k lb |
| HOWMET CASTINGS & SERVICES INC | WICHITA FALLS | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Nickel | 50k lb |
| VITRO FLAT GLASS LLC WORKS 4 | WICHITA FALLS | Selenium And Selenium Compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 12k lb |
| UNITED ELECTRIC CO LP | WICHITA FALLS | Copper, Manganese | 2k lb |
| P&WC COMPONENT REPAIRS (WICHITA FALLS) | WICHITA FALLS | Nickel | 1k lb |
| U.S. DOD USAF SHEPPARD AFB | SHEPPARD AFB | Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene | 335 lb |
| NOV FIBER GLASS SYSTEMS-BURKBURNETT | BURKBURNETT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 479 tank facilities in Wichita: 246 tanks in service and 965 closed. 258 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wichita 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 Wichita, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE 83 CESSHEPPARD AFB
- TEPPCO ELECTRO OIL SPILLELECTRA