Pinal, AZ

Moderate Risk (46/100)

Environmental data for Pinal in Arizona

Pinal, AZ is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 41 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 46/100 (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 6.8M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 77 and a peak AQI of 337 in 2024, with 21% 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.

TRI Facilities
41
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
6.8M lbs

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 77 (21%) 219 65 337
2023 109 (30%) 211 38 709
2022 91 (25%) 238 28 689
2021 72 (20%) 240 49 198
2020 86 (23%) 196 74 1194
2024 Good Air Quality: 21% of days
Unhealthy days: 70
Median AQI: 77

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 detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in Arizona on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (41)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Asarco LLC Ray Mine Operations 5.3M lbs
2 Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC 372.8K lbs
3 Arizona Environmental Container Corp 274.9K lbs
4 Bull Moose Tube Co 210.3K lbs
5 Abbott Nutrition a Div of Abbott Laboratories 179.4K lbs
6 Resolution Copper Mining 155.8K lbs
7 Hexcel Corp 91.4K lbs
8 Mesa Fully Formed Llc-Coolidge 89.9K lbs
9 Army Nat Guard Florence Training Range 49.5K lbs
10 Aco Polymer Products Inc 27.1K lbs
11 Frito-Lay Inc 21.6K lbs
12 Kohler Co. Casa Grande 18.9K lbs
13 Franklin Foods West Inc. 18.0K lbs
14 Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Eloy 12.3K lbs
15 Kloeckner Metals Corp 5.4K lbs
16 Ecobat Resources Arizona 2.3K lbs
17 Daisy Brand 1.6K lbs
18 Ppg Industries Inc 1.3K lbs
19 Lucid USA Inc. 1.1K lbs
20 Fabricated Products Inc DBA Seafab Metals Co 846 lbs
21 Sacaton Batch Plant #11 756 lbs
22 Schuff Steel Co - Eloy 541 lbs
23 Wright Asphalt Products - Casa Grande 211 lbs
24 Western Emulsions Coolidge 144 lbs
25 Vulcan Materials Co Queen Creek Plant 125 lbs
26 Hanson Aggregates LLC - Sacaton 115 lbs
27 Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - Sacaton Plant 103 lbs
28 Florence Copper 60 lbs
29 Hasa Inc 25 lbs
30 Pinal Energy LLC 1 lbs
31 Best Block - Coolidge Az Plant 0 lbs
32 Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - Apache Junction Plant 0 lbs
33 Cemex-San Tan Plant 0 lbs
34 Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - Coolidge Plant 0 lbs
35 Cemex Apache Junction Plant 0 lbs
36 Calportland Co Coolidge- Diablo 0 lbs
37 Calportland Co Queen Creek Plant 0 lbs
38 Cargill Feed & Nutrition Casa Grande 0 lbs
39 Calportland Co Coolidge 0 lbs
40 Honeywell Engines San Tan 0 lbs
41 Nikola Motor Co 0 lbs

Cities in Pinal (10)

Coolidge
Pop: —
5 facilities · 1 water
Florence
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5 facilities · 3 water
Eloy
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4 facilities · 3 water
Queen Creek
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2 facilities · 2 water
Sacaton
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4 facilities · 5 water
Casa Grande
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15 facilities · 2 water
Apache Junction
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3 facilities · 3 water
Kearny
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1 facilities · 4 water
Maricopa
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2 facilities · 40 water
Superior
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1 facilities · 0 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Pinal, Arizona?
Pinal, AZ has an environmental risk score of 46/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 41 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Pinal?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Pinal, AZ in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Pinal?
Pinal, AZ has 41 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 6.8M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Pinal?
In 2024, Pinal, AZ recorded a median AQI of 77 and a peak AQI of 337. 21% of monitored days had "Good" air quality (AQI 0–50). Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County.
Is the drinking water safe in Pinal?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Pinal, AZ in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Pinal?
Environmental compliance in Pinal, Arizona is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Arizona 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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