Otter Tail, MN
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.
Environmental data for Otter Tail in Minnesota · Population: 60,281
TRI sites such as Bongards' Creameries Perham; Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant; Green Plains Otter Tail LLC; SDWIS systems such as Fergus Falls; Perham; Pelican Rapids; NPL sites such as Perham Arsenic Site anchor Otter Tail, MN's EPA extract. Derived burden score 39/100 (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 Otter Tail include Dalton; Battle Lake Mobile Home Park; River and Woods Mobile Home Park, while Bongards' Creameries Perham leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 39/100 (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 Otter Tail -- 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 Otter Tail, MN: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-32.3%
7 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-32.3%
112.2 thousand lb → 76.0 thousand 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.
- Otter Tail, MN's total reported releases fell from 112.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 76.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Otter Tail, MN's land releases fell from 79.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 51.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Otter Tail, MN's air releases fell from 31.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Otter Tail, MN's off-site transfers rose from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (16)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| Fergus Falls | 14,194 | 0 |
| Perham | 3,421 | 0 |
| Pelican Rapids | 2,577 | 0 |
| New York Mills | 1,287 | 0 |
| Parkers Prairie | 1,023 | 0 |
| Battle Lake | 918 | 0 |
| Henning | 851 | 0 |
| Ottertail | 694 | 0 |
| Underwood | 380 | 0 |
| Vergas | 358 | 0 |
| Deer Creek | 329 | 0 |
| Hewitt | 256 | 0 |
| Dalton | 209 | 1 |
| Stony Bar Estates | 40 | 0 |
| Battle Lake Mobile Home Park | 31 | 5 |
| River and Woods Mobile Home Park | 25 | 44 |
TRI Facilities (9)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bongards' Creameries Perham | 264.8K lbs |
| 2 | Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant | 207.9K lbs |
| 3 | Green Plains Otter Tail LLC | 104.6K lbs |
| 4 | Master Composites Inc | 22.4K lbs |
| 5 | Quality Circuits Inc | 9.3K lbs |
| 6 | Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co | 50 lbs |
| 7 | Jennie-O Turkey Store - Henning Feed Mill | 0 lbs |
| 8 | Brunswick New York Mills Operations | 0 lbs |
| 9 | Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc - Perham Feed Mill | 0 lbs |
Superfund Sites (1)
| Site Name | Status | HRS Score |
|---|---|---|
| Perham Arsenic Site | NPL Site | 37.98 |
Cities in Otter Tail (13)
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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.