Milwaukee County, WI
The federal environmental record for Milwaukee County (population 916,205): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
50
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
97
TRI facilities
223
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fadrowski Drum Disposal | Franklin | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Moss-American Co., Inc. (Kerr-McGee Oil Co.) | Milwaukee | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Milwaukee 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)
97 facilities in Milwaukee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.0M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC-OAK CREEK | OAK CREEK | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Toluene | 999k lb |
| OAK CREEK SITE | OAK CREEK | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Ammonia | 411k lb |
| WPC TECHNOLOGIES | OAK CREEK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Zinc compounds | 116k lb |
| SEIDEL TANNING CORP | MILWAUKEE | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Certain glycol ethers | 89k lb |
| MATERION ADVANCED CHEMICALS | MILWAUKEE | Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds, Zinc compounds | 51k lb |
| MAYNARD STEEL CASTING CO | MILWAUKEE | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 37k lb |
| GE HEALTHCARE | WEST MILWAUKEE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 33k lb |
| ACME GALVANIZING INC | MILWAUKEE | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25k lb |
| HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP | OAK CREEK | Zinc compounds, Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 23k lb |
| HENTZEN COATINGS,INC | MILWAUKEE | Zinc (fume or dust), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 21k lb |
| CHR HANSEN INC | MILWAUKEE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 18k lb |
| ADVANCED PLATING TECHNOLOGIES | MILWAUKEE | 1-Bromopropane, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 15k lb |
| HIGHLINE WARREN - MILWAUKEE | MILWAUKEE | Methanol | 13k lb |
| BRADY WORLDWIDE INC FLORIST AVENUE | GLENDALE | Toluene, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 12k lb |
| CHROMETECH OF WISCONSIN | FRANKLIN | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nitric acid | 10k lb |
| ATI LADISH LLC. | CUDAHY | Nickel, Chromium | 9k lb |
| BAY VIEW INDUSTRIES | OAK CREEK | Toluene, Diisocyanates | 8k lb |
| D R DIEDRICH & CO LTD | MILWAUKEE | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Ammonia | 8k lb |
| SONOCO METAL PACKAGING LLC | MILWAUKEE | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 7k lb |
| THIELE TANNING | MILWAUKEE | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Hydrogen sulfide | 6k lb |
| BADGER ALLOYS | MILWAUKEE | Chromium, Nickel | 5k lb |
| MOLSON COORS USA LLC-MILWAUKEE BREWERY | MILWAUKEE | Zinc compounds | 5k lb |
| MILWAUKEE COMPOSITES INC | CUDAHY | Phenol | 5k lb |
| ALDRICH CHEMICAL CO LLC TEUTONIA | MILWAUKEE | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 5k lb |
| SNAP-ON | MILWAUKEE | Nickel, Chromium | 4k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 2,929 tank facilities in Milwaukee: 1,323 tanks in service and 8,326 closed. 3,942 fuel releases are on record, of which 223 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 5750 W. FOND DU LACMILWAUKEE
- 7132 WEST BRADLEY ROADMILWAUKEE
- ACME GALVANIZING INCMILWAUKEE
- ALLIED SMELTINGWEST ALLIS
- AMBER OIL COMPANYMILWAUKEE
- BADGER LEASE AND AUTO SALES INC.WEST ALLIS
- BOERKEOAK CREEK
- BRIDGEWOOD LANE AREAGLENDALE
- BUFFUM MKEMILWAUKEE
- BURNHAM CANAL - MILLER COMPRESSING COMPANYMILWAUKEE
- CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MININGSOUTH MILWAUKEE
- CHUDNOW IRON AND METAL COMILWAUKEE
- COMMERCE INDL CHEMICALS INCMILWAUKEE
- CREAM CITY SMELTING WORKSMILWAUKEE
- CUSTOM PLATING AND POLISHING COMPANYMILWAUKEE
- ESSER PAINTMILWAUKEE
- FADROWSKI DRUM DISPOSALFRANKLIN
- FORMER TANNERYMILWAUKEE
- FORMER WISCONSIN DIE CAST FACILITYMILWAUKEE
- GEUDER PARSCHKE & FRYE CO GPFMILWAUKEE
- HAWLEY ROAD DUMPMILWAUKEE
- JACOB BROS. WHITE METAL AKA JACOBS SCRAP & WHITE METAL CO & JACOB METAL CORP.MILWAUKEE
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INC BATTERY (KEEFE)MILWAUKEE
- KAISER TANNERYMILWAUKEE
- LADISH DRAINAGE CHANNELCUDAHY
- LAKE DISPOSALOAK CREEK
- MANKE DUMPCUDAHY
- METALS PROCESSING, INCMILWAUKEE
- MILWAUKEE COAST GUARD GROUP BASEMILWAUKEE
- MILWAUKEE DUMP CITY OFMILWAUKEE
- MILWAUKEE RIVER PCB OUTFALL 2265MILWAUKEE
- MILWAUKEE SEWERAGE DISTRICT SANITARY DRAIN BASIN HMILWAUKEE
- MILWAUKEE SEWERAGE DISTRICT SANITARY DRAIN BASIN HMILWAUKEE
- MOSS-AMERICAN CO., INC. (KERR-MCGEE OIL CO.)MILWAUKEE
- NORTH 32ND STREET TCEMILWAUKEE
- NORTH PROSPECT MERCURYMILWAUKEE
- NORTHWESTERN BARRELSOUTH MILWAUKEE
- ONE HOUR MARTINIZING - MILWAUKEEMILWAUKEE
- PHOENIX PRODUCTS COMPANY INCORPORATEDMILWAUKEE
- PLATING ENGINEERINGMILWAUKEE
- SOLAR PAINTS VARNISH, INCORPORATEDMILWAUKEE
- SOLVAY COKE AND GAS COMPANYMILWAUKEE
- ST FRANCIS AUTO WRECKERS INCST FRANCIS
- THIEM CORPORATION-ROGERS STREETWEST ALLIS
- U.S. AIR FORCE GEN. MITCHELL ARSMILWAUKEE
- UNION PACIFIC TRAIN DERAILMENT/ACID SPILLOAK CREEK
- VE CARTER SCHOOLMILWAUKEE
- VOGUE CLEANERSWAUWATOSA
- WE ENERGIES BLUFF RESPONSE AKA OAK CREEK BLUFFOAK CREEK
- WEDOR CHEMICAL CORPMILWAUKEE