San Bernardino, CA

Moderate Risk (56/100)

Environmental data for San Bernardino in California

San Bernardino, CA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 50 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 56/100 (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 7.0M 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 87 and a peak AQI of 593 in 2024, with 11% 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
50
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
7.0M 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 40 (11%) 182 56 593
2023 50 (14%) 197 67 214
2022 23 (6%) 212 67 225
2021 17 (5%) 202 73 486
2020 33 (9%) 170 76 236
2024 Good Air Quality: 11% of days
Unhealthy days: 144
Median AQI: 87

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 California on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Mp Mine Operations LLC 1.4M lbs
2 US Army Fort Irwin National Training Center 981.7K lbs
3 U.S. Marine Corps Twentynine Palms Air Ground Combat Center 683.0K lbs
4 Tamco 542.4K lbs
5 New-Indy Containerboard Ontario LLC 542.4K lbs
6 Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC 478.0K lbs
7 Sierra Aluminum Co Plant II 390.8K lbs
8 Ducommun Aerostructures 294.5K lbs
9 Vista Metals Corp. 213.7K lbs
10 Equinox Gold Corp Castle Mountain Venture Castle Mountain 206.6K lbs
11 Atlas Pacific Corp 172.4K lbs
12 Bluescope Coated Products LLC 146.9K lbs
13 Daniel Mechanical LLC 133.7K lbs
14 California Steel Industries Inc. 128.0K lbs
15 Mitsubishi Cement Corp. 115.5K lbs
16 Precision Aerospace Corp 54.5K lbs
17 Teledyne Battery Products 45.7K lbs
18 Molded Fiber Glass Co - West 45.3K lbs
19 Dura Technologies Inc 35.3K lbs
20 Armorcast Products Co 33.7K lbs
21 Northwest Pipe Co 26.4K lbs
22 Tst Inc. DBA Timco DBA Tande M Industries 23.2K lbs
23 Sherwin-Williams Co 20.4K lbs
24 Sorenson Engineering Inc. 19.0K lbs
25 Lippert Components 17.7K lbs
26 W. R. Grace 17.5K lbs
27 Farmdale Creamery LLC 17.3K lbs
28 Hudson Technologies Co 17.1K lbs
29 Schlosser Forge Co 15.9K lbs
30 Pacific Forge Inc. 15.3K lbs
31 Linde Inc 14.2K lbs
32 Westlake Royal Roofing - Rialto 13.4K lbs
33 Alltech Inc 13.1K lbs
34 Frito-Lay Inc.(f/k/a Frito-Lay North America) 12.8K lbs
35 Forged Metals Inc 12.7K lbs
36 Greif Industrial Packaging & Services LLC 10.2K lbs
37 Arlon Emd 9.5K lbs
38 Tesoro - Colton Terminal 8.8K lbs
39 Federal Correctional Complex Victorville 8.7K lbs
40 Parallel Products of California 7.2K lbs
41 Becker Specialty Corp 6.9K lbs
42 U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Nebo Range 6.3K lbs
43 Sherwin-Williams Co 5.5K lbs
44 Urethane Polymers International 4.8K lbs
45 Elite Comfort Solutions 4.5K lbs
46 Pac Rancho Foundry 3.3K lbs
47 Steelscape LLC 3.2K lbs
48 Vorteq - Pacific 3.0K lbs
49 Prc Composites LLC 2.5K lbs
50 Plaze Inc. DBA Shield Packaging of California 1.5K lbs

Cities in San Bernardino (25)

Victorville
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5 facilities · 2 water
Chino
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5 facilities · 2 water
Rancho Cucamonga
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14 facilities · 4 water
Etiwanda
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1 facilities · 0 water
Ontario
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23 facilities · 3 water
Montclair
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1 facilities · 1 water
Upland
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3 facilities · 4 water
Twentynine Palms
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1 facilities · 1 water
Adelanto
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5 facilities · 3 water
El Mirage
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1 facilities · 0 water
Fort Irwin
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1 facilities · 1 water
Barstow
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2 facilities · 3 water
Bloomington
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4 facilities · 1 water
Fontana
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25 facilities · 1 water
Hesperia
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2 facilities · 2 water
Redlands
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3 facilities · 2 water
Lucerne Valley
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1 facilities · 11 water
Oro Grande
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1 facilities · 0 water
Rialto
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7 facilities · 2 water
Yucaipa
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1 facilities · 4 water
San Bernardino
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11 facilities · 12 water
Ivanpah
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1 facilities · 0 water
Parker Dam
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1 facilities · 0 water
Oak Hills
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1 facilities · 0 water
Mountain Pass
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1 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in San Bernardino, California?
San Bernardino, CA has an environmental risk score of 56/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 50 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 San Bernardino?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in San Bernardino, CA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in San Bernardino?
San Bernardino, CA has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 7.0M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in San Bernardino?
In 2024, San Bernardino, CA recorded a median AQI of 87 and a peak AQI of 593. 11% 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 San Bernardino?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for San Bernardino, CA in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover San Bernardino?
Environmental compliance in San Bernardino, California is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the California 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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