Dakota, MN
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 Dakota in Minnesota · Population: 442,204
Dakota, MN is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 25 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 21 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 60/100 (High Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 12.2M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 7 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 38 and a peak AQI of 152 in 2024, with 70% 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 | 258 (70%) | 107 | 0 | 152 |
| 2023 | 184 (50%) | 171 | 7 | 185 |
| 2022 | 286 (78%) | 79 | 0 | 82 |
| 2021 | 252 (69%) | 110 | 1 | 157 |
| 2020 | 260 (71%) | 105 | 1 | 135 |
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 Minnesota, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (21)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| Eagan | 68,223 | 0 |
| Lakeville | 67,300 | 0 |
| Burnsville | 61,747 | 0 |
| Apple Valley | 50,300 | 0 |
| Inver Grove Heights | 34,189 | 5 |
| Rosemount | 26,500 | 0 |
| Farmington | 23,534 | 0 |
| Hastings | 23,222 | 2 |
| South Saint Paul | 20,664 | 10 |
| Empire | 3,152 | 0 |
| Skyline Village Mobile Home Park | 1,185 | 4 |
| Hampton | 691 | 1 |
| Vermillion | 451 | 0 |
| Queen Anne Court | 400 | 0 |
| Randolph | 355 | 1 |
| Lexington Riverside Condominium | 200 | 0 |
| Minnesota Veterans Home | 180 | 0 |
| Eagle's Watch Development | 140 | 0 |
| New Trier | 120 | 0 |
| Stonebridge Estates | 100 | 0 |
| Empire Rentals, LLC | 53 | 2 |
TRI Facilities (25)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gopher Resource LLC | 7.7M lbs |
| 2 | Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC | 3.3M lbs |
| 3 | Ega Spectro Alloys | 725.0K lbs |
| 4 | Sanimax USA LLC | 145.5K lbs |
| 5 | Valmont Industries Inc | 138.2K lbs |
| 6 | Sheldahl Flexible Technologies Inc | 96.8K lbs |
| 7 | Twin City Tanning Co LLP | 92.6K lbs |
| 8 | Kemps LLC | 10.9K lbs |
| 9 | Polytek Development Corp. D.b.a. Endurance Technologies Inc | 9.9K lbs |
| 10 | Airgas Specialty Products - S St Paul Mn | 6.2K lbs |
| 11 | Rosemount Aerospace Inc. | 3.0K lbs |
| 12 | Hawkins Inc. - Rosemount | 2.0K lbs |
| 13 | Cemstone - Rosemount Umore | 1.8K lbs |
| 14 | Cemstone - Burnsville | 1.7K lbs |
| 15 | Chs Inc Lubricants Plant | 1.5K lbs |
| 16 | Mapei | 218 lbs |
| 17 | Hawkins Inc. - Pine Bend | 201 lbs |
| 18 | Safety-Kleen Systems Eagan (eab) | 74 lbs |
| 19 | Cemstone - Hastings | 6 lbs |
| 20 | Tcc Materials Rosemount | 0 lbs |
| 21 | Hobo Inc | 0 lbs |
| 22 | Automated Assembly Corp | 0 lbs |
| 23 | Btd Manufacturing Inc. | 0 lbs |
| 24 | Purina Animal Nutrition LLC - Inver Grove Heights | 0 lbs |
| 25 | Bo-Decor Metal Finishing Inc | 0 lbs |
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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.