Lee, FL
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Lee in Florida · Population: 792,692
Lee, FL is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 22 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 22 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 44/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 176.1K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 8 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 37 and a peak AQI of 80 in 2024, with 92% 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 | 313 (92%) | 27 | 0 | 80 |
| 2023 | 343 (94%) | 19 | 1 | 101 |
| 2022 | 238 (79%) | 64 | 0 | 80 |
| 2021 | 299 (82%) | 66 | 0 | 97 |
| 2020 | 284 (78%) | 82 | 0 | 100 |
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 Florida, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (22)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| LEE COUNTY UTILITIES | 282,556 | 2 |
| CAPE CORAL, CITY OF | 172,693 | 3 |
| CITY OF FORT MYERS WATER TREATMENT PLANT | 92,219 | 0 |
| BONITA SPRINGS UTILITIES | 76,033 | 0 |
| GREATER PINE ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION | 15,805 | 0 |
| GATEWAY SERVICES DISTRICT | 14,553 | 0 |
| GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOC | 6,605 | 0 |
| TOWN OF FORT MYERS BEACH (BEACH WATER) | 6,499 | 0 |
| CITRUS PARK RV RESORT (BONITA TERRA) | 3,282 | 1 |
| TAMIAMI VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK | 1,863 | 0 |
| PINE LAKES MOBILE HOME PARK | 1,220 | 0 |
| OLD BRIDGE VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK | 1,000 | 0 |
| FOUNTAIN VIEW RV PARK | 500 | 0 |
| MOBILE MANOR MOBILE HOME PARK | 482 | 0 |
| OAK PARK MOBILE HOME VILLAGE | 400 | 23 |
| RIVERBEND MOTORCOACH RESORT | 309 | 6 |
| USEPPA ISLAND CLUB | 200 | 0 |
| MILL DAM MHP, LLC | 155 | 1 |
| SAN MATEO ESTATES | 112 | 8 |
| CHASERVILLE MOBILE HOME PARK | 103 | 0 |
| HOLBROOK BAY COMMONS | 95 | 8 |
| SUNSET ACRES | 69 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (22)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nt Manufacturing LLC DBA Nor Tech High Performance Boats | 143.1K lbs |
| 2 | Design Concepts/marine Concepts | 32.6K lbs |
| 3 | Oldcastle Infrastructure & Preferred Materials | 372 lbs |
| 4 | Fort Myers Power Plant | 27 lbs |
| 5 | Plant 156 Fort Myers | 1 lbs |
| 6 | Plant 155 Cape Coral | 1 lbs |
| 7 | Foley Products Co - Fort Myers | 1 lbs |
| 8 | Coastal an Oldcastle Co | 1 lbs |
| 9 | Preferred-Ft Myers Canal St Rm | 0 lbs |
| 10 | Titan Florida-Mainline Rmc Plant | 0 lbs |
| 11 | Preferred-Alico Road Rm | 0 lbs |
| 12 | Titan Florida-Canal Street | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Preferred-Bonita Springs Rm | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Best Block - Alico Road Block Plant | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Preferred-Bonita Springs Blk | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Preferred-Pondella Rm | 0 lbs |
| 17 | Munters Corp | 0 lbs |
| 18 | Cmc Rebar | 0 lbs |
| 19 | Cemex Alico Rd | 0 lbs |
| 20 | Cemex Rockfill | 0 lbs |
| 21 | Port Consolidated Inc | 0 lbs |
| 22 | Golden Manufacturing Inc | 0 lbs |
Cities in Lee (5)
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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.