Chautauqua, NY

Moderate Risk (32/100)

Environmental data for Chautauqua in New York

Chautauqua, NY is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 26 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 32/100 (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 330.3K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 36 and a peak AQI of 105 in 2024, with 90% 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.

TRI Facilities
26
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
330.3K lbs

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 326 (90%) 36 1 105
2023 322 (89%) 36 5 133
2022 322 (91%) 29 4 140
2021 300 (83%) 60 1 105
2020 332 (91%) 31 0 93
2024 Good Air Quality: 90% of days
Unhealthy days: 1
Median AQI: 36

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 detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in New York on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (26)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Wells Enterprises Inc 156.2K lbs
2 Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC 102.6K lbs
3 Renold Inc 43.0K lbs
4 Cummins Inc Jamestown Engine Plant 13.1K lbs
5 Nestle Purina Petcare Co 5.3K lbs
6 Welch Foods Inc. 2.5K lbs
7 Dawson Metal Co Inc 1.5K lbs
8 Hope's Windows Inc. 1.5K lbs
9 Classic Brass Inc 1.0K lbs
10 Hope's Windows Inc. - Allen St Facility 1.0K lbs
11 Special Metals Corp 910 lbs
12 Classic Brass Inc. 727 lbs
13 Monofrax LLC 500 lbs
14 Ellison Bronze Inc 312 lbs
15 Ulrich Fabrication Inc. 59 lbs
16 Jamestown Metal Products LLC 15 lbs
17 Truck-Lite Co LLC 10 lbs
18 Jamestown Electro Plating Works Inc 9 lbs
19 Titanx Engine Cooling Inc 5 lbs
20 Suit-Kote Jamestown 3 lbs
21 Anderson Precision Inc 1 lbs
22 Chautauqua Precision Machining Inc 1 lbs
23 Weber Knapp Co 0 lbs
24 Chautauqua Metal Finishing Supply 0 lbs
25 Inx International Ink Co. 0 lbs
26 Southern Tier Brewing Co 0 lbs

Cities in Chautauqua (6)

Dunkirk
Pop: —
5 facilities · 1 water
Jamestown
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10 facilities · 2 water
Ashville
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2 facilities · 1 water
Falconer
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4 facilities · 0 water
Lakewood
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4 facilities · 3 water
Westfield
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2 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Chautauqua, New York?
Chautauqua, NY has an environmental risk score of 32/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 26 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Chautauqua?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Chautauqua, NY in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Chautauqua?
Chautauqua, NY has 26 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 330.3K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Chautauqua?
In 2024, Chautauqua, NY recorded a median AQI of 36 and a peak AQI of 105. 90% of monitored days had "Good" air quality (AQI 0–50). Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County.
Is the drinking water safe in Chautauqua?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Chautauqua, NY in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Chautauqua?
Environmental compliance in Chautauqua, New York is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the New York state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

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.

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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial