Montgomery, KS
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Montgomery in Kansas · Population: 31,143
TRI sites such as Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers LLC; Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing; Tessenderlo Kerley Inc.; SDWIS systems such as COFFEYVILLE, CITY OF; INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF; MONTGOMERY CO RWD 1C; NPL sites such as Caney Residential Yards anchor Montgomery, KS's EPA extract. Derived burden score 54/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Montgomery include COFFEYVILLE, CITY OF; MONTGOMERY CO RWD 1C; CANEY, CITY OF, while Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers LLC leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 54/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Montgomery -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Montgomery, KS: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-10.5%
13 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-10.5%
1.3 million lb → 1.1 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Montgomery, KS's total reported releases fell from 1.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Montgomery, KS's land releases fell from 193.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 15 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Montgomery, KS's water releases fell from 102.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 58.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Montgomery, KS's off-site transfers rose from 419.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 486.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (15)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| COFFEYVILLE, CITY OF | 8,847 | 4 |
| INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF | 8,464 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 1C | 2,450 | 1 |
| CHERRYVALE, CITY OF | 2,159 | 0 |
| CANEY, CITY OF | 1,756 | 29 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 2 | 800 | 1 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 12 | 756 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 4 | 745 | 0 |
| LABETTE CO RWD 7 | 540 | 0 |
| DEARING, CITY OF | 376 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 8 | 340 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 14 | 330 | 7 |
| ELK CITY, CITY OF | 292 | 142 |
| MONTGOMERY CO RWD 1 | 175 | 1 |
| PUBLIC WHOLESALE WSD 4 | 1 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (14)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers LLC | 3.6M lbs |
| 2 | Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing | 1.4M lbs |
| 3 | Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. | 541.9K lbs |
| 4 | Emerald Transformer Ppm LLC | 104.6K lbs |
| 5 | Acme Foundry Inc | 104.0K lbs |
| 6 | Mfg Construction Products | 72.8K lbs |
| 7 | Forte Products | 64.6K lbs |
| 8 | John Deere Coffeyville Works a Div of Deere & Compan | 28.7K lbs |
| 9 | Standard Motor Products | 6.4K lbs |
| 10 | Textron Aviation/independence Facility | 554 lbs |
| 11 | St Engineering Hackney Inc | 0 lbs |
| 12 | Spears Manufacturing Co | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Sp Foundry | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Independence Ready Mix | 0 lbs |
Superfund Sites (1)
| Site Name | Status | HRS Score |
|---|---|---|
| Caney Residential Yards | NPL Site | 50.00 |
Cities in Montgomery (8)
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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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.