Blount, AL
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 Blount in Alabama · Population: 59,292
TRI sites such as Tyson Farms Inc. - Blountsville Processing Plant; SDWIS systems such as ONEONTA, UB OF THE CITY OF; BLOUNT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY; PINE BLUFF WATER AUTHORITY anchor Blount, AL's EPA extract. Derived burden score 24/100 (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 Blount include BLOUNT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, while Tyson Farms Inc. - Blountsville Processing Plant leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 24/100 (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 Blount -- 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 Blount, AL: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+13.3%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+13.3%
771.2 thousand lb → 873.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Blount, AL's total reported releases rose from 771.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 873.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blount, AL's land releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 255 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blount, AL's air releases fell from 10.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blount, AL's water releases rose from 760.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 871.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (9)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| ONEONTA, UB OF THE CITY OF | 19,971 | 0 |
| BLOUNT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY | 19,074 | 4 |
| PINE BLUFF WATER AUTHORITY | 6,330 | 0 |
| BLOUNTSVILLE, THE UB OF THE TOWN OF | 4,266 | 0 |
| CLEVELAND WATER WORKS | 3,516 | 0 |
| NECTAR, TOWN OF | 3,288 | 0 |
| HAYDEN WATER WORKS | 2,631 | 0 |
| REMLAP PINE MTN WATER AUTHORITY | 2,616 | 0 |
| ALLGOOD WATER WORKS, TOWN OF | 861 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (1)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Farms Inc. - Blountsville Processing Plant | 4.3M lbs |
Cities in Blount (7)
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What does this county environmental profile show?
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.