Kimball, NE
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 Kimball in Nebraska · Population: 3,348
TRI sites such as Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc; SDWIS systems such as KIMBALL, CITY OF; DIX, VILLAGE OF; BUSHNELL, VILLAGE OF anchor Kimball, NE's EPA extract. Derived burden score 24/100 (Low Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc is among the largest Form R filers reporting in Kimball; no SDWIS system here carries an active health-based flag. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 24/100 (Low 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 Kimball -- 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 Kimball, NE: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-1.2%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-1.2%
1.0 million lb → 990.1 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Kimball, NE's total reported releases fell from 1.0 million lb in 2022 to 990.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kimball, NE's off-site transfers rose from 82.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 121.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kimball, NE's land releases fell from 892.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 841.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kimball, NE's air releases fell from 27.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (3)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| KIMBALL, CITY OF | 2,596 | 0 |
| DIX, VILLAGE OF | 260 | 0 |
| BUSHNELL, VILLAGE OF | 112 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (1)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc | 5.7M lbs |
Cities in Kimball (3)
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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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.