Allamakee, IA
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Allamakee in Iowa · Population: 14,038
TRI sites such as Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.; Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC; Lansing Power Station; SDWIS systems such as WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT; POSTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT; MONONA MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT anchor Allamakee, IA's EPA extract. Derived burden score 29/100 (Low Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Allamakee include LANSING WATER SUPPLY, while Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 29/100 (Low Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Allamakee -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Allamakee, IA: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+14.9%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-6.3%
940.6 thousand lb → 881.7 thousand lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years rose, while the inventory-wide total fell. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Allamakee, IA's total reported releases rose from 767.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 881.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Allamakee, IA's water releases rose from 419.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 577.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Allamakee, IA's air releases fell from 347.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 304.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Allamakee, IA's chemicals reported fell from 10 in 2022 to 9 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (9)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT | 3,827 | 0 |
| POSTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT | 2,513 | 0 |
| MONONA MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT | 1,471 | 0 |
| LANSING WATER SUPPLY | 983 | 1 |
| NEW ALBIN WATER SUPPLY | 432 | 0 |
| FARMERSBURG WATERWORKS | 276 | 0 |
| BREEZY POINTE SUBDIVISION | 130 | 0 |
| SAINT OLAF WATER SUPPLY | 106 | 0 |
| WALTERS MOBILE HOME PARK | 25 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (3)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. | 2.5M lbs |
| 2 | Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC | 1.7M lbs |
| 3 | Lansing Power Station | 362.6K lbs |
Cities in Allamakee (5)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.