Outagamie County, WI
The federal environmental record for Outagamie County (population 193,234): 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
11
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
31
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.W. Mauthe Co., Inc. | Appleton | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Outagamie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| APPLETON WATERWORKS WI4450333 | PFBA: 5.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
31 facilities in Outagamie filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 919k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHLSTROM NA SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS LLC | KAUKAUNA | Methanol, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 441k lb |
| LUVATA APPLETON LLC | KIMBERLY | Zinc (fume or dust), Zinc compounds | 262k lb |
| APPVION LLC | APPLETON | Methanol, Zinc compounds | 48k lb |
| HILLSHIRE BRANDS CO NEW LONDON PLANT | NEW LONDON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 43k lb |
| FOREMOST FARMS USA | APPLETON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 35k lb |
| LUVATA APPLETON LLC | APPLETON | Zinc (fume or dust), Zinc compounds | 28k lb |
| PROFILE FINISHING SYSTEMS LLC | KAUKAUNA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Zinc (fume or dust) | 20k lb |
| MCKINLEY PAPER & PACKAGING CO | COMBINED LOCKS | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 19k lb |
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC | BLACK CREEK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11k lb |
| LUVATA APPLETON LLC | KIMBERLY | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 5k lb |
| STEEL KING INDUSTRIES INC | NEW LONDON | Triglycidyl isocyanurate, Manganese | 3k lb |
| BELGIOIOSO CHEESE - FREEDOM PLANT | APPLETON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2k lb |
| AGROPUR SITE | APPLETON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 849 lb |
| BELGIOIOSO CHEESE FREEDOM 2 | KAUKAUNA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 577 lb |
| WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COATINGS INC. | KAUKAUNA | Chromium, Nickel | 291 lb |
| MILLER ELECTRIC (CENTRAL) | APPLETON | Copper, Chromium | 35 lb |
| PIERCE MANUFACTURING INC | APPLETON | Manganese, Chromium | 33 lb |
| TEAM INDUSTRIES INC | KAUKAUNA | Chromium, Nickel | 27 lb |
| INX INTERNATIONAL INK CO | APPLETON | Certain glycol ethers | 14 lb |
| ROLOFF MANUFACTURING CORP | KAUKAUNA | Lead | 13 lb |
| MILLER ELECTRIC - PSD SOUTH | APPLETON | Copper | 10 lb |
| MILLER ELECTRIC GREENVILLE | APPLETON | Copper | 10 lb |
| VOITH US INC. | APPLETON | Nickel, Chromium | 0 lb |
| US LUBRICANTS BLENDING PLANT | KIMBERLY | - | 0 lb |
| BASF CORP | APPLETON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 916 tank facilities in Outagamie: 386 tanks in service and 1,963 closed. 613 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Outagamie 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 Outagamie, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LEHRER LANDFILLTOWN OF BUCHANAN
- MIDWEST PLATING CORPORATIONAPPLETON
- N.W. MAUTHE CO., INC.APPLETON
- NORTH BLUEMOUND PROPERTYAPPLETON/GRAND CHUTE
- PARCEL F AT KAUKAUNA LOCK 3 USACEKAUKAUNA
- SANDIES DRY AND LAUNDRY CLEANER SITELITTLE CHUTE
- SCHMALZ DUMPAPPLETON
- SCHMITT LAB SITEKAUKAUNA
- STERLING CLEANERS (AKA FORMER SO'S DRY CLEANERS)APPLETON
- USACE PARCEL JKAUKAUNA
- VAN HANDEL HARDD & DON LANDFILLFREEDOM TOWNSHIP