La Crosse County, WI
The federal environmental record for La Crosse County (population 120,486): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onalaska Municipal Landfill | Onalaska | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving La Crosse 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LA CROSSE WATERWORKS WI6320309 | PFBA: 21 ng/L PFBS: 15 ng/L PFHxS: 8.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| HOLMEN WATERWORKS WI6320306 | PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| ONALASKA WATERWORKS WI6320327 | PFBS: 4.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in La Crosse filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 468k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH ISLAND PLANT | LA CROSSE | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 235k lb |
| CROWN BEVERAGE PACKAGING | LA CROSSE | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 127k lb |
| XETEX LA CROSSE | LA CROSSE | Nickel, Chromium | 46k lb |
| FIBERPRO INC | LA CROSSE | Styrene | 31k lb |
| GREAT LAKES CHEESE OF LA CROSSE | LA CROSSE | Nitric acid | 20k lb |
| STELLA-JONES CORP | BANGOR | Creosote, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 7k lb |
| TRANE - SOUTH LACROSSE OPERAT IONS | LA CROSSE | Manganese, Copper | 278 lb |
| TORRANCE CASTING INC | LA CROSSE | Lead | 106 lb |
| HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. | LA CROSSE | Nitric acid | 5 lb |
| NORTHERN ENGRAVING CORP | WEST SALEM | Lead | 1 lb |
| MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL ASPHALT | LA CROSSE | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
| L B WHITE CO INC | ONALASKA | - | 0 lb |
| PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY - MINDORO | MINDORO | - | 0 lb |
| CITY BREWING CO LLC | LA CROSSE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 491 tank facilities in La Crosse: 156 tanks in service and 1,137 closed. 322 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps La Crosse 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 La Crosse, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JOHN'S AUTO BODY SHOPLA CROSSE
- NATIONAL AUTO WRECKINGONALASKA
- NAVAL RESERVE CTR LA CROSSELA CROSSE
- ONALASKA MUNICIPAL LANDFILLONALASKA
- TARCO SOUTH, INCORPORATEDONALASKA