Ashland County, WI
The federal environmental record for Ashland County (population 16,079): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront | Ashland | on the NPL | 09/05/2002 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Ashland reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Ashland filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 0 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. G. BRETTING MANUFACTURING CO. INC. | ASHLAND | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 179 tank facilities in Ashland: 95 tanks in service and 364 closed. 116 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ashland 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 Ashland, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ASHLAND/NORTHERN STATES POWER LAKEFRONTASHLAND
- COUNTY A ROAD SLUDGE DISPOSALODANAH
- GOVERNMENT ROAD SLUDGE DISPOSALODANAH
- VERLYN CLARK SLUDGE DISPOSAL SITEASHLAND