New Madrid, MO
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 New Madrid in Missouri · Population: 16,041
TRI sites such as Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant; Magnitude 7 Metals LLC; Srg Global Portageville; SDWIS systems such as NEW MADRID PWS; PORTAGEVILLE PWS; NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 5 anchor New Madrid, MO's EPA extract. Derived burden score 44/100 (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 New Madrid include PORTAGEVILLE PWS; LILBOURN PWS; MOREHOUSE PWS, while Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 44/100 (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 New Madrid -- 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 New Madrid, MO: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-28.8%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-28.8%
2.7 million lb → 1.9 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- New Madrid, MO's total reported releases fell from 2.7 million lb in 2022 to 1.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- New Madrid, MO's water releases fell from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 876 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- New Madrid, MO's land releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 992.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- New Madrid, MO's air releases fell from 962.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 777.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (14)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| NEW MADRID PWS | 3,250 | 0 |
| PORTAGEVILLE PWS | 3,200 | 1 |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 5 | 1,800 | 0 |
| LILBOURN PWS | 902 | 10 |
| GIDEON PWS | 780 | 0 |
| MOREHOUSE PWS | 749 | 4 |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 4 | 638 | 0 |
| MATTHEWS PWS | 628 | 0 |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 2 | 600 | 1 |
| MARSTON PWS | 503 | 0 |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD # 6 | 500 | 0 |
| PARMA PWS | 450 | 12 |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 1 | 450 | 0 |
| RISCO PWS | 278 | 5 |
TRI Facilities (5)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant | 7.7M lbs |
| 2 | Magnitude 7 Metals LLC | 3.1M lbs |
| 3 | Srg Global Portageville | 1.0M lbs |
| 4 | Heartland Asphalt Materials | 604 lbs |
| 5 | Carlisle Construction Materials LLC | 10 lbs |
Cities in New Madrid (10)
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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.