Jefferson, 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. 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 Jefferson in Arkansas · Population: 65,780
TRI sites such as Suzano Packaging; American Kraft Paper Industries LLC; White Bluff Generating Plant; SDWIS systems such as HARDIN WATER ASSOCIATION; REDFIELD WATERWORKS; JEFFERSON PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY anchor Jefferson, 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 Jefferson include WABBASEKA WATERWORKS, while Suzano Packaging 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 Jefferson -- 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 Jefferson, AR: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-5.6%
14 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-5.6%
4.8 million lb → 4.5 million lb, every facility that filed
- Jefferson, AR's total reported releases fell from 4.8 million lb in 2022 to 4.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jefferson, AR's off-site transfers fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 365 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jefferson, AR's water releases fell from 245.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 105.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jefferson, AR's land releases fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 852.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (7)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| HARDIN WATER ASSOCIATION | 4,600 | 0 |
| REDFIELD WATERWORKS | 2,823 | 0 |
| JEFFERSON PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY | 2,551 | 0 |
| LADD WATER ASSOCIATION | 1,773 | 0 |
| ALTHEIMER WATERWORKS | 765 | 0 |
| ARSENAL WATER SYSTEM | 600 | 0 |
| WABBASEKA WATERWORKS | 286 | 12 |
TRI Facilities (17)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzano Packaging | 15.3M lbs |
| 2 | American Kraft Paper Industries LLC | 4.4M lbs |
| 3 | White Bluff Generating Plant | 2.2M lbs |
| 4 | Planter Cotton Oil Mill | 1.6M lbs |
| 5 | National Ctr for Toxicological Research | 255.8K lbs |
| 6 | Tyson Poultry Inc Pine Bluff Jefferson Parkway Plant | 79.3K lbs |
| 7 | Mauser Usa, LLC | 59.2K lbs |
| 8 | Kiswire Pine Bluff Inc | 28.5K lbs |
| 9 | Hoover Treated Wood Products Inc | 6.6K lbs |
| 10 | Wheeling Machine Pine Bluff | 6.1K lbs |
| 11 | Flint Group Packaging Inks N.a. Corp | 3.3K lbs |
| 12 | U.S. Army Pine Bluff Arsenal | 61 lbs |
| 13 | Pine Bluff Portable 130 | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Stant Manufacturing | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Tyson Poultry Inc. - Pine Bluff Feed Mill | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Mid South Sales | 0 lbs |
| 17 | Doman Lumber | 0 lbs |
Cities in Jefferson (6)
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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.