St. Croix County, WI
The federal environmental record for St. Croix County (population 96,763): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving St. Croix 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HUDSON WATERWORKS WI6560087 | PFBA: 32 ng/L | detected |
| NEW RICHMOND WATERWORKS WI6560126 | PFBA: 6.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in St. Croix filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 10 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEA | HUDSON | Chromium, Nickel | 10 lb |
| PHILLIPS MEDISIZE ST. CROIX MEADOWS | HUDSON | - | 0 lb |
| CADY CHEESE LLC | WILSON | - | 0 lb |
| CRM - NEW RICHMOND | NEW RICHMOND | Lead | 0 lb |
| ROBERTS CONCRETE PRODUCTS | ROBERTS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 349 tank facilities in St. Croix: 211 tanks in service and 701 closed. 199 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps St. Croix 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 St. Croix, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BALDWIN BATTERY SITEBALDWIN
- JUNKERS LDFLHUDSON
- NEW RICHMOND LANDFILLNEW RICHMOND
- ROSEN METAL INC/PHOENIX METALSBALDWIN
- SEVERSEN SALVAGECADY
- ST. CROIX RIVER TCE PLUMESONO JUNCTION
- US FISH AND WILDLIFENEW RICHMOND