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Mccurtain, OK

Moderate Risk (49/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.

Environmental data for Mccurtain in Oklahoma · Population: 30,825

Mccurtain, OK is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 8 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 12 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 49/100 (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 37.6M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 12 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
30,825
TRI Facilities
8
Water Systems
12
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
37.6M lbs

Water Systems (12)

System Population Violations
IDABEL PWA 6,952 190
MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #8 (MT. FORK WATER) 5,685 25
BROKEN BOW PWA 4,320 17
MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #1 3,842 30
MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #7 1,847 41
MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #5 (HOCHATOWN) 1,614 9
MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #9 999 33
VALLIANT PWA 971 65
WRIGHT CITY PWA 792 117
MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #2 755 111
HAWORTH PWA 354 38
GARVIN 150 26

TRI Facilities (8)

# Facility Total Releases
1 International Paper Co 28.8M lbs
2 Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant 7.2M lbs
3 Huberengineered Woods LLC 1.4M lbs
4 Weyerhaeuser Nr Co-Idabel Sawmill 153.1K lbs
5 Dominance Industries Inc (dba Pan Pacific Products) 46.3K lbs
6 Setco Inc 655 lbs
7 Oklahoma Pole & Lumber Co 34 lbs
8 Tyson Poultry Inc. - Craig Feed Mill 0 lbs

Cities in Mccurtain (3)

Broken Bow
Pop: -
5 facilities · 3 water
Idabel
Pop: -
2 facilities · 1 water
Valliant
Pop: -
1 facilities · 2 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Mccurtain, Oklahoma? ▼
Mccurtain, OK has an environmental risk score of 49/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 8 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 12 water systems on record. 12 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Mccurtain? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Mccurtain, OK in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Mccurtain? ▼
Mccurtain, OK has 8 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 37.6M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Mccurtain? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Mccurtain, OK. 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 Mccurtain? ▼
Mccurtain, OK has 12 EPA-regulated water systems. 12 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 Mccurtain? ▼
Environmental compliance in Mccurtain, Oklahoma is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Oklahoma 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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