Wood County, WI
The federal environmental record for Wood County (population 73,939): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wood 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MARSHFIELD UTILITIES WI7720165 | PFHxS: 14 ng/L PFOS: 14 ng/L PFPeA: 14 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Wood filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 347k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOMTAR AW LLC NEKOOSA MILL | NEKOOSA | Methanol, Ammonia | 271k lb |
| ECC CORROSION INC. | WISCONSIN RAPIDS | Styrene | 21k lb |
| FORTE OPENING SOLUTIONS - MARSHFIELD | MARSHFIELD | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 16k lb |
| H & S MANUFACTURING CO INC | MARSHFIELD | Nickel, Chromium | 11k lb |
| ND PAPER INC - BIRON DIV | WISCONSIN RAPIDS | Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds | 11k lb |
| FELKER BROTHERS CORP | MARSHFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chromium | 6k lb |
| MATALCO WISCONSIN LLC | WISCONSIN RAPIDS | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese | 4k lb |
| ERCO WORLDWIDE (USA) INC | NEKOOSA | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen sulfide | 4k lb |
| WATER QUALITY CENTER | WISCONSIN RAPIDS | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| NEKOOSA COATED PRODUCTS LLC | NEKOOSA | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| SONOCO WISCONSIN RAPIDS | WISCONSIN RAPIDS | Lead compounds | 135 lb |
| FOREMOST FARMS USA | MARSHFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 77 lb |
| PREPOLYMER PRODS INC. | MARSHFIELD | 4,4'-Methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) | 2 lb |
| KERRY INC | VESPER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 567 tank facilities in Wood: 191 tanks in service and 1,281 closed. 355 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wood 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 Wood, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COLUMBIA PROPANE MGP SITEMARSHFIELD
- FORMER ROYS CONOCO CVOC RELEASEMARSHFIELD
- GARRY'S 1 HOUR CLEANERS WMCRMARSHFIELD