Harris, TX

High Risk (60/100)

Environmental data for Harris in Texas

Harris, TX is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 50 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 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 196.6M 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 61 and a peak AQI of 201 in 2024, with 14% 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
50
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
196.6M 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 50 (14%) 269 33 201
2023 44 (12%) 273 38 205
2022 57 (16%) 281 22 179
2021 64 (18%) 276 18 179
2020 109 (30%) 240 15 190
2024 Good Air Quality: 14% of days
Unhealthy days: 47
Median AQI: 61

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 Texas on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Tm Deer Park Services LP 63.0M lbs
2 Lyondell Chemical Co 20.2M lbs
3 Exxonmobil Refining & Supply Baytown Refinery (part) 10.9M lbs
4 Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery 9.4M lbs
5 Clean Harbors Deer Park LLC 7.0M lbs
6 Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC 6.2M lbs
7 Kuraray America Inc 6.1M lbs
8 Exxonmobil Baytown Chemical Plant (part) 5.1M lbs
9 Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP 4.8M lbs
10 Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte 4.1M lbs
11 Exxonmobil Chemical Co Baytown Olefins Plant (part) 3.7M lbs
12 Deer Park Refining LP 3.7M lbs
13 Celanese Ltd Clear Lake Plant 3.6M lbs
14 Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility 3.2M lbs
15 Huntsman International LLC 2.9M lbs
16 Solvay Chemicals Inc 2.7M lbs
17 Shell Chemical LP 2.3M lbs
18 Trecora Wax LLC 2.1M lbs
19 Lubrizol Corp Bayport Facility 2.0M lbs
20 Haldor Topsoe Inc 2.0M lbs
21 Metalplate Galvanizing LP 1.8M lbs
22 Deer Park_tx (roh) 1.8M lbs
23 Metalplate Galvanizing LP 1.8M lbs
24 Centauri Technologies LLC 1.7M lbs
25 Equistar Chemicals LP 1.6M lbs
26 Houston Refining LP 1.6M lbs
27 Kuraray America Bayport 1.5M lbs
28 Enduro Composites Inc.-Houston Central Green Facility 1.3M lbs
29 Lyondellbasell Acetyls LLC 1.2M lbs
30 Ineos Battleground Manufacturing Complex 1.2M lbs
31 Kuraray America-Eval Bu 1.2M lbs
32 Southwest Galvanizing Inc 1.2M lbs
33 Baker Petrolite Bayport Facili Ty 1.1M lbs
34 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co 1.0M lbs
35 Doosan Turbomachinery Services 994.7K lbs
36 Pci Nitrogen LLC 902.2K lbs
37 Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site 852.3K lbs
38 Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant 847.9K lbs
39 Braskem America Inc-Laporte Site 793.4K lbs
40 World Energy Biox Biofuels 775.8K lbs
41 South Coast Terminals LLC Strang Road Facility 752.4K lbs
42 Oxy Vinyls LP Pasadena Pvc Plant 671.4K lbs
43 International Paint LLC 652.2K lbs
44 Chevron Phillips Chemical Co - Pasadena Plastics Complex 641.1K lbs
45 American Acryl LP 634.5K lbs
46 Multi-Chem Group Bayport Tx Facility 628.8K lbs
47 Dixie Chemical Co Inc 626.1K lbs
48 Lubrizol Corp Deer Park Facility 619.4K lbs
49 Bayport Polymers LLC - Hdpe Plant 612.6K lbs
50 Totalenergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc 596.2K lbs

Cities in Harris (19)

Houston
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251 facilities · 722 water
Jersey Village
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1 facilities · 1 water
Spring
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6 facilities · 39 water
Tomball
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7 facilities · 7 water
Humble
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6 facilities · 2 water
Cypress
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1 facilities · 144 water
Hockley
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4 facilities · 2 water
Katy
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11 facilities · 10 water
Waller
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2 facilities · 8 water
Pasadena
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67 facilities · 2 water
Seabrook
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5 facilities · 1 water
Channelview
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7 facilities · 3 water
Deer Park
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13 facilities · 1 water
La Porte
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31 facilities · 2 water
Galena Park
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9 facilities · 1 water
Highlands
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1 facilities · 5 water
Laporte
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2 facilities · 0 water
South Houston
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2 facilities · 1 water
Crosby
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1 facilities · 12 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Harris, Texas?
Harris, TX has an environmental risk score of 60/100 (High Risk), based on 50 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 Harris?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Harris, TX in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Harris?
Harris, TX has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 196.6M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Harris?
In 2024, Harris, TX recorded a median AQI of 61 and a peak AQI of 201. 14% 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 Harris?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Harris, TX in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Harris?
Environmental compliance in Harris, Texas is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Texas 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