Lee, MS
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Environmental data for Lee in Mississippi · Population: 83,138
Lee, MS is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 18 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 41/100 (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 1.8M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 2 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 41 and a peak AQI of 87 in 2024, with 89% 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 | 216 (89%) | 27 | 0 | 87 |
| 2023 | 212 (87%) | 31 | 2 | 122 |
| 2022 | 225 (92%) | 19 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 | 232 (96%) | 10 | 0 | 64 |
| 2020 | 242 (100%) | 1 | 0 | 54 |
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 Mississippi, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (21)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| TOWN OF SALTILLO | 6,766 | 0 |
| MOOREVILLE-RICHMOND W/A #1 | 3,807 | 3 |
| OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM | 3,749 | 0 |
| TOWN OF GUNTOWN | 3,577 | 0 |
| MOOREVILLE RICHMOND #3 | 3,419 | 0 |
| MOOREVILLE-RICHMOND W/A #2 | 3,200 | 0 |
| CITY OF VERONA | 2,747 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A #1-BARNES CROSNG | 2,672 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A-BEECH SPRINGS | 2,556 | 0 |
| CITY POINT WATER ASSOCIATION | 2,479 | 0 |
| PALMETTO W/A | 2,376 | 0 |
| TOWN OF PLANTERSVILLE | 1,845 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A #2-BIRMINGHAM RD | 1,822 | 0 |
| TOWN OF SHANNON | 1,500 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A #4-MACEDONIA | 1,238 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A-AUBURN SYSTEM #1 | 1,088 | 0 |
| BREWER WATER ASSOCIATION | 1,000 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A-SWS #1 | 916 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A-HUSHPUPPY | 470 | 0 |
| NORTH LEE W/A #5-RED HILL | 298 | 0 |
| GRAB THE MAP, LLC AT LAKEFRONT PROP | 68 | 1 |
TRI Facilities (18)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co | 1.1M lbs |
| 2 | South Atlantic Galvanizing | 292.6K lbs |
| 3 | West Fraser US Ewp LLC | 258.6K lbs |
| 4 | Hunter Douglas Tupelo Center | 80.2K lbs |
| 5 | Afi - Verona | 17.8K lbs |
| 6 | Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Tupelo Facility | 15.6K lbs |
| 7 | Fxi Inc. - Baldwyn | 2.8K lbs |
| 8 | Future Foam Inc. | 1.3K lbs |
| 9 | Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi Inc | 1.1K lbs |
| 10 | Elite Comfort Solutions - Verona | 575 lbs |
| 11 | Apac-Mississippi Inc. Tupelo Asphalt Plant | 572 lbs |
| 12 | Renin US LLC | 387 lbs |
| 13 | General Atomics Ems Tupelo Div | 310 lbs |
| 14 | Carpenter Co | 230 lbs |
| 15 | Fxi Inc. - Tupelo | 126 lbs |
| 16 | Syntron Material Handling LLC | 97 lbs |
| 17 | B & B Concrete Co Inc Tupelo Div | 2 lbs |
| 18 | Mmc Materials Inc - Saltillo Plant | 0 lbs |
Cities in Lee (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.