Colbert, AL

Moderate Risk (37/100)

Environmental data for Colbert in Alabama

Colbert, AL is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 16 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 37/100 (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 5.3M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

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
16
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
5.3M lbs

TRI Facilities (16)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Lsb Chemical LLC 3.0M lbs
2 Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations 1.1M lbs
3 Wise Alloys LLC - Alloys Plant 560.9K lbs
4 Wise Alloys-Alabama Reclamation Plant 418.0K lbs
5 Mid-South Central Extrusion Die 56.5K lbs
6 Messer LLC 42.1K lbs
7 North American Lighting 14.0K lbs
8 Harcros Chemicals Inc 9.7K lbs
9 Hexpol Muscle Shoals 8.3K lbs
10 Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc. 2.7K lbs
11 Flexco Corp 628 lbs
12 U.S. Tva Muscle Shoals 543 lbs
13 Freightcar Alabama 500 lbs
14 Occidental Chemical Corp 0 lbs
15 Pilgrim's Pride Russellville (tuscumbia) Feed Mill 0 lbs
16 Ready Mix USA LLC - Tuscumbia Plant 0 lbs

Cities in Colbert (3)

Cherokee
Pop: —
4 facilities · 1 water
Muscle Shoals
Pop: —
8 facilities · 1 water
Tuscumbia
Pop: —
4 facilities · 4 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Colbert, Alabama?
Colbert, AL has an environmental risk score of 37/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 16 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 Colbert?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Colbert, AL in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Colbert?
Colbert, AL has 16 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 5.3M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Colbert?
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Colbert, AL. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit PlainAirData.com.
Is the drinking water safe in Colbert?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Colbert, AL in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Colbert?
Environmental compliance in Colbert, Alabama is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Alabama 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