Fond du Lac County, WI
The federal environmental record for Fond du Lac County (population 103,948): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon City Landfill | Fond Du Lac County | on the NPL | 05/31/1994 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Fond du Lac 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)
14 facilities in Fond du Lac filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 303k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTUS NUTRITION-FOND DU LAC | FOND DU LAC | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 139k lb |
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC | WAUPUN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 78k lb |
| WESTERN LIME EDEN FACILITY - LIME PRODUCTION | EDEN | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead And Lead Compounds | 48k lb |
| BRUNSWICK CORP MERCURY MARINE DIV | FOND DU LAC | Chromium, Nickel | 20k lb |
| FIVES GIDDINGS & LEWIS LLC | FOND DU LAC | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| SARGENTO CHEESE INC - ST. CLOUD | SAINT CLOUD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5k lb |
| CENTRAL WIRE INC | FOND DU LAC | Chromium, Nickel | 4k lb |
| ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC | RIPON | Manganese, Nickel | 3k lb |
| U.S. CHROME CORP. OF WISCONSIN | FOND DU LAC | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead | 981 lb |
| ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC STANTON PLANT | RIPON | Manganese, Nickel | 261 lb |
| BRENNER TANK LLC | FOND DU LAC | Nickel, Copper | 20 lb |
| RB ROYAL INDUSTRIES INC. | FOND DU LAC | Lead | 0 lb |
| BCI BURKE CO LLC | FOND DU LAC | - | 0 lb |
| SENECA FOODS CORP | RIPON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 742 tank facilities in Fond du Lac: 238 tanks in service and 1,575 closed. 415 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- B&B AUTO YARDRIPON
- DOTY STREET MERCURY SPILLFOND DU LAC
- OAKFIELD PROPERTIESOAKFIELD
- OLD IRONSIDES BATTERYCAMBELLSPORT
- RIPON CITY LANDFILLRIPON
- RUEPING LEATHER COMPANYFOND DU LAC
- WI DNR (FORMER QUIC FREZ)FOND DU LAC