Muscatine, IA
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 Muscatine in Iowa · Population: 42,735
Muscatine, IA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 14 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 27 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 48/100 (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 14.8M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 3 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 38 and a peak AQI of 78 in 2024, with 73% 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 | 269 (73%) | 97 | 0 | 78 |
| 2023 | 188 (52%) | 173 | 1 | 207 |
| 2022 | 235 (64%) | 130 | 0 | 89 |
| 2021 | 211 (58%) | 154 | 0 | 90 |
| 2020 | 245 (67%) | 120 | 1 | 124 |
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 Iowa, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (27)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| MUSCATINE POWER & WATER | 25,516 | 0 |
| WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY | 3,858 | 0 |
| DURANT WATER SUPPLY | 1,871 | 0 |
| LONE TREE MUNI WATER SYSTEM | 1,357 | 0 |
| DANVILLE WATER SUPPLY | 923 | 1 |
| MARK TWAIN MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS | 375 | 0 |
| VILLAGE OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSN | 250 | 0 |
| SEATON | 214 | 0 |
| WOODLAND WAPELLO MOBILE HOME PARK | 126 | 0 |
| LOUISA COURTS MHP & SALES | 121 | 2 |
| HARPER WATER SUPPLY | 118 | 0 |
| ROLLING ACRES SUBDIVISION | 115 | 0 |
| LAKE WOODS HOA | 114 | 0 |
| KAMMERER MOBILE HOME PARK | 100 | 0 |
| RUSTIC OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSN. | 100 | 0 |
| RANCHO VALLEY HOMEOWNERS ASSOC | 97 | 0 |
| VALLEY VIEW ESTATES #1 AND #2 | 89 | 0 |
| MECHA CEBA WATER SYSTEM ASSOCIATION | 87 | 0 |
| JACOBS LANDING HOA | 84 | 0 |
| LINN HOLLOW MHP LLC | 68 | 0 |
| HILLTOP ROAD ASSOCIATION #2 | 55 | 0 |
| LOUISA CO LAW ENFORCEMENT CTR | 46 | 0 |
| HILLTOP ROAD ASSOCIATION #1 | 45 | 1 |
| RIVERVIEW SUBDIVISION | 37 | 0 |
| FOX VALLEY ACRES | 36 | 0 |
| STEAMBOAT ASSOCIATION | 29 | 0 |
| HILLTOP FARMS #3RD ADDITION | 26 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (14)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ssab Iowa Inc. | 13.3M lbs |
| 2 | Grain Processing Corp | 743.9K lbs |
| 3 | Muscatine Power & Water Generation | 364.5K lbs |
| 4 | Bayer Cropscience LP | 294.1K lbs |
| 5 | West Liberty Foods L.L.C. | 78.7K lbs |
| 6 | Gerdau Wilton | 57.9K lbs |
| 7 | Hon Co - Oak Steel Plant | 5.4K lbs |
| 8 | Harsco Metals - Iowa | 2.8K lbs |
| 9 | Allsteel Muscatine Plant | 463 lbs |
| 10 | Potters Industries LLC | 215 lbs |
| 11 | C B M Trading Inc | 10 lbs |
| 12 | Tcc - Muscatine | 3 lbs |
| 13 | Central Seating Operations | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Raymond-Muscatine Inc | 0 lbs |
Cities in Muscatine (3)
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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.