Lincoln County, WY
The federal environmental record for Lincoln County (population 20,880): 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
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lincoln 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)
3 facilities in Lincoln filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 564k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFICORP NAUGHTON PLANT | KEMMERER | Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 455k lb |
| OPAL GAS PLANT | OPAL | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 93k lb |
| PIONEER CRYOGENIC PLANT | OPAL | n-Hexane, Benzene | 15k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 138 tank facilities in Lincoln: 65 tanks in service and 340 closed. 49 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lincoln 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 Lincoln, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COKEVILLE MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGECOKEVILLE
- R.J. REFINERYLA BARGE
- STAR VALLEY DRINKING WATER INCIDENTGROVER