Cambria, PA
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 Cambria in Pennsylvania · Population: 132,355
Cambria, PA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 10 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 33 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 49/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 6.9M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 19 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 87 in 2024, with 74% 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 | 269 (74%) | 96 | 0 | 87 |
| 2023 | 213 (59%) | 147 | 0 | 201 |
| 2022 | 171 (47%) | 191 | 1 | 119 |
| 2021 | 169 (48%) | 183 | 1 | 130 |
| 2020 | 228 (62%) | 138 | 0 | 90 |
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 Pennsylvania, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (33)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND S & W AUTH BEAVERDAM | 22,617 | 10 |
| EBENSBURG BORO MUNI AUTH | 8,500 | 62 |
| PORTAGE BORO MUNI AUTH | 6,500 | 5 |
| NORTHERN CAMBRIA MUNI WATER | 4,500 | 0 |
| SOUTHWESTERN CAMBRIA CNTY AUTH | 4,400 | 0 |
| JACKSON TWP WATER AUTH | 4,236 | 108 |
| GLENDALE VALLEY MUNICIPAL AUTH | 3,200 | 6 |
| NANTY GLO WATER AUTH | 3,152 | 21 |
| EAST TAYLOR MUNI AUTH | 3,152 | 126 |
| GALLITZIN BORO WATER AUTH | 3,130 | 6 |
| CRESSON TWP MUNI AUTH | 2,500 | 0 |
| HASTINGS MUNI AUTH | 2,100 | 0 |
| SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY | 2,072 | 0 |
| PATTON BORO WATER DEPT | 1,805 | 10 |
| CRESSON BORO WATER SYS | 1,700 | 0 |
| BLACKLICK VALLEY MUNI AUTH | 1,650 | 36 |
| FEDERAL CORR INSTITUTE LORETTO | 1,500 | 0 |
| LILLY BOROUGH WATER AUTHORITY | 1,388 | 0 |
| CAMBRIA TWP WATER AUTH | 1,000 | 1 |
| CROYLE TWP WATER AUTH | 989 | 2 |
| CARROLLTOWN BORO MUNI AUTH | 850 | 0 |
| SANKERTOWN BORO WATER SYS | 760 | 0 |
| HIGHLAND S & W AUTH LLOYDELL | 723 | 0 |
| WEST CARROLL W AUTH BAKERTON | 670 | 39 |
| W CARROLL TWP W AUTH ST BENED | 488 | 2 |
| LORETTO BORO WATER SYS | 480 | 0 |
| HIGHLAND S&W AUTH NORTHERN END | 463 | 0 |
| DEAN TWP WATER SYSTEM | 216 | 0 |
| TEAKETTLE RUN WATER AUTH | 92 | 4 |
| N E TRAILER COURT | 81 | 3 |
| MARSTELLER COMM WATER AUTH | 75 | 18 |
| KINGDOM HILLS MOBILE HOME PARK | 55 | 3 |
| FOREST HILLS PCH | 40 | 1 |
TRI Facilities (10)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colver Green Energy | 4.2M lbs |
| 2 | Ebensburg Power Co | 1.8M lbs |
| 3 | V&s Korns Galvanizing LLC | 284.8K lbs |
| 4 | Johnstown Wire Technologies Inc. | 270.5K lbs |
| 5 | J-Lok Co | 177.0K lbs |
| 6 | Cambria Cogen Co | 60.9K lbs |
| 7 | North American Hoganas High Alloys LLC | 25.1K lbs |
| 8 | Safety-Kleen Systems Johnstown (joh) | 12.9K lbs |
| 9 | Gautier Steel Holdings Inc. | 210 lbs |
| 10 | Leonardo Drs - Laurel Technologies Ptnr | 2 lbs |
Cities in Cambria (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.