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Mississippi, AR

High Risk (61/100)

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 Mississippi in Arkansas · Population: 39,749

Mississippi, AR is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 25 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 18 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 61/100 (High Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 24.3M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 11 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
39,749
TRI Facilities
25
Water Systems
18
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
24.3M lbs

Water Systems (18)

System Population Violations
BLYTHEVILLE WATERWORKS 12,981 3
OSCEOLA WATERWORKS 6,053 3
MANILA WATERWORKS 4,165 2
GOSNELL WATER ASSOCIATION 3,083 1
LEACHVILLE WATERWORKS 2,030 0
DOGWOOD WATER ASSOCIATION 1,345 2
WILSON WATER SYSTEM 1,336 0
DELL WATERWORKS 1,077 2
NE MISSISSIPPI CO WATER ASSOC 1,040 0
LUXORA WATERWORKS 868 3
KEISER WATERWORKS 810 4
LITTLE RIVER WATER ASSOCIATION 802 0
JOINER WATERWORKS 486 5
DYESS WATERWORKS 430 0
YARBRO WATERWORKS 392 0
JOINER RURAL WATER 343 40
DYESS RURAL WATER 254 3
VICTORIA WATER ASSOCIATION 33 0

TRI Facilities (25)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Viskase Cos Inc 8.6M lbs
2 Plum Point Energy Station 7.5M lbs
3 Nucor Steel-Arkansas 5.4M lbs
4 Nucor-Yamato Steel Co 1.6M lbs
5 Nucor Coatings Corp 521.4K lbs
6 Big River Steel LLC 190.8K lbs
7 Gowan Milling Blytheville LLC 143.0K lbs
8 Actagro LLC 135.1K lbs
9 Nibco Inc Blytheville Div 66.6K lbs
10 Skyline Steel Llc-Armorel 51.2K lbs
11 Aeci Dell Power Plant 16.0K lbs
12 American Greetings 12.0K lbs
13 Roehm America LLC 2.9K lbs
14 Maverick Tube Corp 483 lbs
15 Atlas Tube Inc. - Blytheville Plant 369 lbs
16 Harsco Metals - Nys 307 lbs
17 Sms Technical Services LLC 101 lbs
18 Ipsco Tubulars Inc 4 lbs
19 Primetals Technologies USA LLC 0 lbs
20 Arkansas Steel Processing 0 lbs
21 Razorback Concrete - Osceola (hwy 198) 0 lbs
22 Lexicon Inc. 0 lbs
23 Mid-South Sales LLC - Blytheville 0 lbs
24 Near Ready Mix - Nucor Portable 0 lbs
25 Razorback Concrete - Brs Portable Site 0 lbs

Cities in Mississippi (4)

Blytheville
Pop: -
13 facilities · 5 water
Armorel
Pop: -
1 facilities · 0 water
Osceola
Pop: -
10 facilities · 3 water
Dell
Pop: -
1 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Mississippi, Arkansas? ▼
Mississippi, AR has an environmental risk score of 61/100 (High Risk), based on 25 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 18 water systems on record. 11 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Mississippi? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Mississippi, AR in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Mississippi? ▼
Mississippi, AR has 25 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 24.3M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Mississippi? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Mississippi, AR. 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 Mississippi? ▼
Mississippi, AR has 18 EPA-regulated water systems. 11 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 Mississippi? ▼
Environmental compliance in Mississippi, Arkansas is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Arkansas 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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