Cowley, KS
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 Cowley in Kansas · Population: 34,487
TRI sites such as Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC; Greif Industrial Packaging & Services; General Electric Aviation; SDWIS systems such as ARKANSAS CITY, CITY OF; WINFIELD, CITY OF; COWLEY CO RWD 3; NPL sites such as Arkansas City Dump; Strother Field Industrial Park anchor Cowley, KS's EPA extract. Derived burden score 44/100 (Moderate 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 Cowley include ARKANSAS CITY, CITY OF; BURDEN, CITY OF; DEXTER, CITY OF, while Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 44/100 (Moderate 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 Cowley -- 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 Cowley, KS: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-23.5%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-23.5%
1.7 million lb → 1.3 million lb, every facility that filed
- Cowley, KS's total reported releases fell from 1.7 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cowley, KS's land releases fell from 15 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cowley, KS's air releases fell from 64.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 36.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cowley, KS's off-site transfers rose from 8.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (16)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| ARKANSAS CITY, CITY OF | 11,929 | 1 |
| WINFIELD, CITY OF | 11,726 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 3 | 2,500 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 5 | 2,000 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 1 | 1,500 | 0 |
| SUMNER CO RWD 4 | 1,157 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 6 | 792 | 0 |
| UDALL, CITY OF | 658 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 2 | 600 | 0 |
| BURDEN, CITY OF | 514 | 2 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 4 | 500 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 7 | 300 | 0 |
| DEXTER, CITY OF | 226 | 1 |
| ATLANTA, CITY OF | 169 | 0 |
| CAMBRIDGE, CITY OF | 92 | 0 |
| COWLEY CO RWD 8 | 50 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (7)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC | 6.3M lbs |
| 2 | Greif Industrial Packaging & Services | 131.5K lbs |
| 3 | General Electric Aviation | 21.9K lbs |
| 4 | General Electric Aviation | 4.3K lbs |
| 5 | Western Industries Plastic Products LLC | 446 lbs |
| 6 | Rubbermaid | 0 lbs |
| 7 | Winfield Ks Stockpile | 0 lbs |
Superfund Sites (2)
| Site Name | Status | HRS Score |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas City Dump | Deleted NPL Site | 0.00 |
| Strother Field Industrial Park | NPL Site | 33.62 |
Cities in Cowley (8)
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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.