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Lincoln Parish, LA

Moderate Risk (38/100)

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 Lincoln Parish in Louisiana · Population: 48,160

Lincoln Parish, LA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 11 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 14 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 38/100 (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 401.5K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 10 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

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.

Population
48,160
TRI Facilities
11
Water Systems
14
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
401.5K lbs

Water Systems (14)

System Population Violations
GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY WS 6,000 14
GRAMBLING WATER SYSTEM 4,949 7
WESLEY CHAPEL WATER SYSTEM 4,080 0
CULBERTSON WATER SYSTEM 3,300 33
CHOUDRANT WATER SYSTEM 1,950 15
MT ZION WATER SYSTEM 1,635 0
HICO WATER SYSTEM 1,530 109
DUBACH WATER SYSTEM 1,218 76
SIMSBORO WATER SYSTEM 1,083 2
MINERAL SPRINGS WATER SYSTEM 900 0
MT OLIVE WATERWORKS DISTRICT 900 0
FELLOWSHIP WATER SYSTEM 795 1
LINCOLN PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT #1 570 13
TREMONT WATER DISTRICT 510 2

TRI Facilities (11)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Weyerhaeuser Nr - Arcadia Osb 264.2K lbs
2 Kronospan Simsboro LLC 101.0K lbs
3 Dubach Gas Plant 25.4K lbs
4 Lincoln Parish Gas Plant 6.3K lbs
5 Etc Penntex Llc- Mount Olive Gas Plant 3.6K lbs
6 Ardagh Glass Inc 770 lbs
7 Franke Kitchen Systems LLC 201 lbs
8 River City Ready Mix LLC - Ruston 0 lbs
9 House of Raeford Raeford Farms Feed Mill 0 lbs
10 Mid-States Wood Preservers LLC 0 lbs
11 House of Raeford Farms of Louisiana LLC - Simsboro Poulty Fe 0 lbs

Cities in Lincoln Parish (4)

Choudrant
Pop: -
1 facilities · 3 water
Ruston
Pop: -
3 facilities · 7 water
Simsboro
Pop: -
5 facilities · 3 water
Dubach
Pop: -
1 facilities · 4 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana? ▼
Lincoln Parish, LA has an environmental risk score of 38/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 11 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 14 water systems on record. 10 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Lincoln Parish? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Lincoln Parish, LA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Lincoln Parish? ▼
Lincoln Parish, LA has 11 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 401.5K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Lincoln Parish? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Lincoln Parish, LA. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Lincoln Parish? ▼
Lincoln Parish, LA has 14 EPA-regulated water systems. 10 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Lincoln Parish? ▼
Environmental compliance in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Louisiana 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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