Allen, OH
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.
Environmental data for Allen in Ohio · Population: 101,685
Allen, OH is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 23 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 15 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 61/100 (High Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 61.5M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 5 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 42 and a peak AQI of 97 in 2024, with 77% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 275 (77%) | 84 | 0 | 97 |
| 2023 | 252 (69%) | 105 | 5 | 194 |
| 2022 | 272 (75%) | 93 | 0 | 97 |
| 2021 | 260 (71%) | 105 | 0 | 87 |
| 2020 | 289 (80%) | 70 | 1 | 105 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in Ohio, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (15)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| LIMA CITY | 65,619 | 6 |
| DELPHOS CITY | 7,101 | 0 |
| BLUFFTON VILLAGE | 4,125 | 10 |
| ELIDA VILLAGE | 3,848 | 0 |
| CRIDERSVILLE VILLAGE | 2,410 | 0 |
| SPENCERVILLE VILLAGE | 2,261 | 0 |
| CONTINENTAL VILLAGE | 1,153 | 5 |
| MENDON VILLAGE | 628 | 0 |
| SUN VALLEY FAMILY CAMPGROUND | 462 | 0 |
| MOUNT MORRIS ESTATES MHP | 395 | 0 |
| BEAVERDAM VILLAGE | 319 | 0 |
| BLUE RIVER ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK | 99 | 1 |
| BROOK PARK ESTATES MHP | 75 | 4 |
| LAKESIDE ESTATES MHP | 45 | 0 |
| GREEN MEADOW MHP-HANCOCK CO | 30 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (23)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ineos Nitriles USA LLC | 42.4M lbs |
| 2 | Pcs Nitrogen Ohio L.P. | 15.6M lbs |
| 3 | Fort Amanda Specialties LLC | 1.5M lbs |
| 4 | Lima Refining Co | 825.7K lbs |
| 5 | Sumiriko Ohio Inc | 280.0K lbs |
| 6 | Superior Forge & Steel Corp | 218.5K lbs |
| 7 | U S Army Joint Systems Manufacturing Center | 165.7K lbs |
| 8 | Isp Lima LLC | 137.4K lbs |
| 9 | Guardian Lima LLC | 116.2K lbs |
| 10 | Chemtrade Logistics Inc Cairo Sulfur Prods | 29.3K lbs |
| 11 | Ford Motor Co Lima Engine Plant | 28.9K lbs |
| 12 | Dana Driveshaft Manufacturing LLC | 25.9K lbs |
| 13 | Mplx Terminals LLC - Lima Oh Terminal | 17.9K lbs |
| 14 | Whemco-Ohio Foundry Inc | 13.7K lbs |
| 15 | Valtir LLC Plt 1055 | 8.5K lbs |
| 16 | Fxi Inc. - Spencerville | 1.9K lbs |
| 17 | Metokote Corp Plant 25 | 1.4K lbs |
| 18 | Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co Lima Plant | 166 lbs |
| 19 | Ultimate Rb | 5 lbs |
| 20 | Purina Animal Nutrition LLC - Lima | 0 lbs |
| 21 | Randall Bearings Inc. | 0 lbs |
| 22 | Rudolph Foods | 0 lbs |
| 23 | Randall Bearings Inc. | 0 lbs |
Cities in Allen (4)
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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.