Jackson County, WI
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 20,855): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BLACK RIVER FALLS WATERWORKS WI6270244 | PFBA: 6.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 10 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON GLOBAL INC.-BLACK RIVER FALLS | BLACK RIVER FALLS | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 10 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 246 tank facilities in Jackson: 90 tanks in service and 507 closed. 92 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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.
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