Pueblo, CO
Environmental data for Pueblo in Colorado
Pueblo, CO is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 20 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 42/100 (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 11.7M 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 44 and a peak AQI of 143 in 2024, with 68% 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 | 249 (68%) | 109 | 8 | 143 |
| 2023 | 277 (77%) | 84 | 1 | 115 |
| 2022 | 317 (91%) | 29 | 3 | 121 |
| 2021 | 203 (92%) | 16 | 1 | 138 |
| 2020 | 84 (88%) | 12 | 0 | 67 |
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 Colorado on PlainAirData.
TRI Facilities (20)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Service Co of Colorado Comanche Station | 8.8M lbs |
| 2 | Cs Wind America | 1.2M lbs |
| 3 | Gcc Rio Grande Inc | 764.2K lbs |
| 4 | Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel | 641.8K lbs |
| 5 | Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S. Inc. | 222.4K lbs |
| 6 | U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot | 106.3K lbs |
| 7 | Interstate Chemical Co Inc | 14.0K lbs |
| 8 | Goodrich Corp | 7.7K lbs |
| 9 | Alta Fuels LLC - Pueblo Plant | 5.1K lbs |
| 10 | Airgas USA LLC | 4.5K lbs |
| 11 | Harsco Metals - Pueblo | 2.5K lbs |
| 12 | Holcim Wcr Inc Pueblo East Ready Mix Plant | 738 lbs |
| 13 | Trane Co | 246 lbs |
| 14 | Safety-Kleen Systems Pueblo (pue) (605204) | 22 lbs |
| 15 | Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant | 8 lbs |
| 16 | Pueblo Asphalt Plant | 1 lbs |
| 17 | Best Block - Pub-B | 0 lbs |
| 18 | Burnco Colorado LLC - Pueblo | 0 lbs |
| 19 | Best Block Pubb | 0 lbs |
| 20 | Summit Pressed Brick & Tile Co | 0 lbs |
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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.
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