Pierce County, WI
The federal environmental record for Pierce County (population 43,026): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pierce 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PRESCOTT WATERWORKS WI6480243 | PFBA: 280 ng/L PFHxS: 18 ng/L PFPeA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| ELLSWORTH WATERWORKS WI6480239 | PFBA: 41 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Pierce filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 103k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLSWORTH COOPERATIVE CREAMERY | ELLSWORTH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 74k lb |
| MEYER UTILITY STRUCTURES LLC PLT NO 1663 | HAGER CITY | Manganese compounds, Manganese | 21k lb |
| TCLAD INC | PRESCOTT | Copper | 7k lb |
| CRM - RIVER FALLS | RIVER FALLS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 249 tank facilities in Pierce: 83 tanks in service and 486 closed. 101 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pierce as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Pierce, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PIERCE CO PAINT SITEHAGER CITY
- SPRING VALLEY MERCURY VEHICLESPRING VALLEY