Vilas County, WI
The federal environmental record for Vilas County (population 23,885): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Vilas 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)
1 facilities in Vilas filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 15k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHELPS CAST | PHELPS | Zinc (fume or dust), Copper | 15k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 436 tank facilities in Vilas: 100 tanks in service and 856 closed. 180 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Vilas 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 Vilas, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BALSAM ROAD ABANDONED DRUMS ERBOULDER JUNCTION
- C.M. CHRISTIANSEN-POLE YARDPHELPS
- HIGHWAY 70 FIREWORKS STANDLAC DU FLAMBEAU
- PHELPS SITE/NICOLET NATIONAL FORESTPHELPS