Spokane County, WA
The federal environmental record for Spokane County (population 551,455): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
11
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
11
PFAS-detecting water systems
30
TRI facilities
55
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colbert Landfill | Spokane | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Fairchild Air Force Base (4 Waste Areas) | Spokane County | on the NPL | 03/13/1989 |
| General Electric Co. (Spokane Shop) | Spokane | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
| Grain Handling Facility at Freeman | Freeman | on the NPL | 09/30/2015 |
| Greenacres Landfill | Spokane County | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Kaiser Aluminum (Mead Works) | Mead | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Mica Landfill | Mica | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| North Market Street | Spokane | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Northside Landfill | Spokane | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Old Inland Pit | Spokane | deleted | 02/21/1990 |
| Spokane Junkyard/Associated Properties | Spokane | deleted | 05/31/1994 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Spokane 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DEER PARK CITY OF WA5318500 | PFOS: 7.5 ng/L PFNA: 4.3 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| EAST SPOKANE WATER DIST 1 WA5321650 | PFOS: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE WA5324350 | PFHxS: 17 ng/L PFOS: 7.9 ng/L PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| MEDICAL LAKE CITY OF WA5353400 | PFHxS: 5.3 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| MODEL IRRIGATION DIST #18 WA5355550 | PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L PFOS: 5.3 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPOKANE CITY OF WA5383100 | PFOS: 6.1 ng/L PFBS: 3.9 ng/L PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| TRENTWOOD IRRIGATION DISTRICT 3 WA5389250 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFOA: 5.1 ng/L PFBS: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| WHITWORTH WATER DISTRICT 2 WA5396601 | PFBS: 5.2 ng/L PFOS: 4.6 ng/L PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| AIRWAY HEIGHTS CITY OF WA5300650 | PFPeA: 139.3 ng/L PFBA: 79.2 ng/L PFHxA: 23.7 ng/L | detected |
| IRVIN WATER DISTRICT #6 WA5336050 | PFPeA: 4.2 ng/L | detected |
| LIBERTY LAKE SEWER & WATER DISTRICT WA5347150 | PFBS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
30 facilities in Spokane filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 319k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPOKANE GALVANIZING | AIRWAY HEIGHTS | Zinc compounds | 168k lb |
| FIBER-TECH INDUSTRIES | SPOKANE VALLEY | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 109k lb |
| MICA BRICK PLANT | MICA | Hydrogen fluoride | 14k lb |
| MELCHER MANUFACTURING CO INC | SPOKANE VALLEY | Styrene | 5k lb |
| KAISER ALUMINUM WASHINGTON LLC | SPOKANE VALLEY | Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 4k lb |
| PAR MONTANA SPOKANE TERMINAL | SPOKANE | n-Hexane, Toluene | 3k lb |
| CENTRAL PRE-MIX SULLIVAN ROAD | SPOKANE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| SPOKANE INDUSTRIES | SPOKANE VALLEY | Manganese, Chromium | 2k lb |
| HUNTWOOD INDUSTRIES | LIBERTY LAKE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 2k lb |
| TRAVIS PATTERN & FOUNDRY INC | SPOKANE | 1-Bromopropane | 2k lb |
| INTERSTATE CONCRETE & ASPHALT AIRWAY PIT | AIRWAY HEIGHTS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 1k lb |
| PHILLIPS 66 SPOKANE-PARKWATER TERMINAL | SPOKANE | Toluene, n-Hexane | 1k lb |
| INTERSTATE CONCRETE & ASPHALT - MARKET | SPOKANE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 1k lb |
| US DOD USAF FAIRCHILD AFB | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE | Naphthalene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 1k lb |
| CENTRAL PRE-MIX CONCRETE CO. CRESTLINE FACILITY | SPOKANE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 1k lb |
| GOODRICH LANDING SYSTEMS CARBON OPERATIONS | SPOKANE | Ethylene, Naphthalene | 478 lb |
| KEMIRA WATER SOLUTIONS INC | SPOKANE VALLEY | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead And Lead Compounds | 138 lb |
| EXOTIC METALS | AIRWAY HEIGHTS | Nitric acid, Chromium | 96 lb |
| STEELFAB OF OREGON | SPOKANE | Manganese, Copper | 90 lb |
| HONEYWELL ELECTRONIC MATERIALS INC | SPOKANE VALLEY | Copper compounds, Nitric acid | 60 lb |
| POE ASPHALT PAVING INC. | SPOKANE | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 18 lb |
| CITYSERVICEVALCON LLC GREENACRES BULK FACILITY | GREENACRES | - | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - SPOKANE VALLEY | SPOKANE | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - SPOKANE | SPOKANE | - | 0 lb |
| CENTRAL PRE-MIX CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. | SPOKANE | Lead, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,189 tank facilities in Spokane: 503 tanks in service and 2,806 closed. 90 fuel releases are on record, of which 55 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Spokane as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Spokane, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BPA BELL MAINTENANCE HQ AND SUBSTATIONMEAD
- COLBERT LANDFILLSPOKANE
- FAA MICA PEAKGREENACRES
- FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE (4 WASTE AREAS)SPOKANE
- FORMER KAISER SMELTERMEAD
- GENERAL ELECTRIC SPOKANE APPARATUS SERVICE SHOPSPOKANE
- GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY AT FREEMANFREEMAN
- GREENACRES LANDFILLSPOKANE COUNTY
- KAISER ALUMINUM (MEAD WORKS)MEAD
- MICA LANDFILLMICA
- MIDGET OIL COSPOKANE
- NORTHSIDE LANDFILLSPOKANE
- OLD INLAND PITSPOKANE
- US DOI FWS TURNBULL NATL WILDLIFE REFUGECHENEY
- USAF ANG SPOKANE STATION, CBCS, AKA USARMY NGSPOKANE
- VERMICULITE NW, INC NSPOKANE
- WA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 256 CBCS 4 LKS COMCHENEY