Craighead, AR
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.
Environmental data for Craighead in Arkansas · Population: 112,097
TRI sites such as Acme Brick Co Jonesboro; Crane Composites Inc; Riceland Foods Inc. - Jonesboro Div; SDWIS systems such as JONESBORO WATER SYSTEM; BROOKLAND WATERWORKS; BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST anchor Craighead, AR's EPA extract. Derived burden score 43/100 (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 Craighead include BROOKLAND WATERWORKS; BONO WATERWORKS; LAKE CITY WATERWORKS, while Acme Brick Co Jonesboro leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 43/100 (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 Craighead -- 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 Craighead, AR: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-18.6%
12 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-5.4%
101.9 thousand lb → 96.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 3 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Craighead, AR's total reported releases fell from 101.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 82.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Craighead, AR's off-site transfers fell from 37.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Craighead, AR's water releases fell from 74 lb in 2022 to 62 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Craighead, AR's air releases rose from 64.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 71.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (10)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| JONESBORO WATER SYSTEM | 81,888 | 0 |
| BROOKLAND WATERWORKS | 4,283 | 1 |
| BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST | 3,055 | 0 |
| BONO WATERWORKS | 2,550 | 2 |
| LAKE CITY WATERWORKS | 2,186 | 2 |
| BAY WATERWORKS | 1,938 | 0 |
| CARAWAY WATERWORKS | 1,432 | 3 |
| MONETTE WATERWORKS | 1,385 | 0 |
| CASH WATERWORKS | 342 | 0 |
| BLACK OAK WATERWORKS | 245 | 4 |
TRI Facilities (17)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acme Brick Co Jonesboro | 199.0K lbs |
| 2 | Crane Composites Inc | 143.6K lbs |
| 3 | Riceland Foods Inc. - Jonesboro Div | 76.6K lbs |
| 4 | Abb Installation Products Inc. | 51.2K lbs |
| 5 | Colson Caster Corp | 23.0K lbs |
| 6 | Colson Group USA LLC | 18.4K lbs |
| 7 | Frito-Lay Inc | 15.6K lbs |
| 8 | Nestle USA Inc. | 13.5K lbs |
| 9 | Nice Pak Products Inc | 2.2K lbs |
| 10 | Hytrol Conveyor Co Inc | 977 lbs |
| 11 | Post Consumer Brands | 700 lbs |
| 12 | Fmh Conveyors Americas | 45 lbs |
| 13 | Camfil Air Pollution Control | 20 lbs |
| 14 | Apex Tool Group | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Mid South Sales Jonesboro | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Razorback Concrete 113 | 0 lbs |
| 17 | Great Dane | 0 lbs |
Cities in Craighead (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.