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Kenosha County, WI

The federal environmental record for Kenosha County (population 167,488): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

8

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

19

TRI facilities

34

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Kenosha 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)

19 facilities in Kenosha filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 63k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
FINISHING & PLATING SERVICE INCKENOSHAZinc compounds, Chromium22k lb
EMCO CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS INCPLEASANT PRAIRIEMethanol, n-Hexane10k lb
FIVE STAR FABRICATING INC.TWIN LAKESStyrene10k lb
RUST-OLEUM CORPPLEASANT PRAIRIEXylene (mixed isomers), Toluene10k lb
KENOSHA STEEL CASTINGSKENOSHAManganese, Chromium5k lb
VOESTALPINE PRECISION STRIP LLCPLEASANT PRAIRIELead4k lb
SOUTHWIRE CO LLCPLEASANT PRAIRIEAntimony compounds, Copper2k lb
FIVE STAR COATINGS GROUPTWIN LAKESn-Butyl alcohol601 lb
AALBERTS SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES PP LLCPLEASANT PRAIRIEAmmonia36 lb
OLDCASTLE PRECAST INCKENOSHALead compounds, Mercury compounds2 lb
SANMINA-SCI CORP PLANT E20/1520PLEASANT PRAIRIELead0 lb
SPARTAN FASTENERTREVOR-0 lb
AMORIM CORK COMPOSITESTREVORDiisocyanates0 lb
ALUDYNE N.A. LLC - PLEASANT PRAIRIEPLEASANT PRAIRIE-0 lb
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INCKENOSHA-0 lb
OZINGA READY-MIX CONCRETE KENOSHA49KENOSHALead, Mercury0 lb
OZINGA READY-MIX BURLINGTONBURLINGTONLead0 lb
OZINGA READY-MIX CONCRETE KENOSHA46KENOSHALead0 lb
ENGENDREN LLCKENOSHA-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 545 tank facilities in Kenosha: 263 tanks in service and 1,294 closed. 405 fuel releases are on record, of which 34 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Kenosha 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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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Kenosha, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BRISTOL CONTAINERKENOSHA
  • C AND L INDUSTRIAL CLEANERSKENOSHA
  • FROST MANUFACTURING COMPANYKENOSHA
  • KENOSHA STEEL CASTINGSKENOSHA
  • KIP NELSON/ABC SERVICESKENOSHA
  • TIRABASSI DUMPPLEASANT PRAIRIE
  • TOWN & COUNTRY LAUNDROMATKENOSHA
  • ZIZZO PROPERTIESKENOSHA