Sawyer County, WI
The federal environmental record for Sawyer County (population 18,552): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Sawyer 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CONCOR TOOL & MACHINE INC WI8581084 | PFOA: 8.5 ng/L PFOS: 6.7 ng/L PFBS: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Sawyer filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 273k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCLIN SURFACES LLC | HAYWARD | Methanol, Phenol | 194k lb |
| LOUISIANA-PACIFIC HAYWARD SIDING | HAYWARD | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 80k lb |
| HAYWARD READY-MIX CONCRETE LLC DIV OF TODD''S REDI | HAYWARD | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 340 tank facilities in Sawyer: 71 tanks in service and 633 closed. 158 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sawyer 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 Sawyer, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- RADISSON WATER SUPPLYRADISSON
- SCALA SALVAGE YARDWINTER