San Joaquin, CA

Moderate Risk (51/100)

Environmental data for San Joaquin in California

San Joaquin, CA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 49 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 51/100 (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 209.3K 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 51 and a peak AQI of 140 in 2024, with 49% 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
49
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
209.3K 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 178 (49%) 177 11 140
2023 208 (57%) 148 9 119
2022 192 (53%) 164 8 208
2021 140 (38%) 209 15 153
2020 162 (44%) 173 16 215
2024 Good Air Quality: 49% of days
Unhealthy days: 11
Median AQI: 51

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 (49)

# Facility Total Releases
1 J R Simplot Co Lathrop 74.9K lbs
2 Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc Plant #22 27.8K lbs
3 California Natural Products 25.3K lbs
4 Cbc Steel Buildings 18.0K lbs
5 Tesla Inc 17.3K lbs
6 Tesoro - Stockton Terminal 8.5K lbs
7 Pacific Ethanol Stockton LLC 7.6K lbs
8 US Doe Llnl Experimental Test Site (site 300) 6.6K lbs
9 Westlake Royal Roofing - French Camp 4.1K lbs
10 Westlake Royal Roofing - Lathrop 3.9K lbs
11 Barbosa Cabinets 3.4K lbs
12 Gcp Applied Technologies Inc 1.8K lbs
13 Leprino Foods Co 1.8K lbs
14 Canary Renewables Corp 1.4K lbs
15 Equilon Stockton Terminal 1.3K lbs
16 Hogan Manufacturing Inc 1.1K lbs
17 Thatcher Co of California Inc 926 lbs
18 Schuff Steel Co 814 lbs
19 Concrete Inc 590 lbs
20 Gaf Materials Mfg LLC 484 lbs
21 Valimet Inc 270 lbs
22 Northwest Pipe Co 267 lbs
23 Stockton Steel 257 lbs
24 Hogan Manufacturing Inc Lift-U Div 240 lbs
25 Marble Palace 224 lbs
26 Concrete Inc 124 lbs
27 Oldcastle Precast Inc 89 lbs
28 Oldcastle Infrastructures Inc 72 lbs
29 Hj Baker & Bro LLC 55 lbs
30 Leggett & Platt Urethane Div Branch 6014 10 lbs
31 Kent's Oil Service Inc. 9 lbs
32 Oldcastle Pacific Stockton 1 lbs
33 Pioneer Americas LLC D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products Tracy 1 lbs
34 Basalite 0 lbs
35 Custom Building Products - Sckc Stockton Ca 0 lbs
36 Oldcastle Pacific Tracy-Oldcastle Apg 0 lbs
37 Calaveras Materials Inc - Lathrop Rmc 0 lbs
38 Calportland Tracy Rmc 0 lbs
39 Jensen Precast 0 lbs
40 Dynatect Ro-Lab Inc. 0 lbs
41 Westway Feed Products LLC 0 lbs
42 Cargill Feed & Nutrition Stockton 0 lbs
43 Chemstation of Northern California 0 lbs
44 Shepard Bros Inc - Stockton 0 lbs
45 Cemex Stockton Plant 0 lbs
46 Cmc Rebar Tracy 0 lbs
47 Cemex Tracy 0 lbs
48 Surtec Inc. 0 lbs
49 Sunny Valley Smoked Meats 0 lbs

Cities in San Joaquin (7)

Stockton
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21 facilities · 69 water
French Camp
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2 facilities · 1 water
Lockeford
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1 facilities · 3 water
Tracy
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16 facilities · 9 water
Escalon
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2 facilities · 1 water
Lathrop
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6 facilities · 2 water
Manteca
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1 facilities · 2 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in San Joaquin, California?
San Joaquin, CA has an environmental risk score of 51/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 49 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 Joaquin?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in San Joaquin, CA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in San Joaquin?
San Joaquin, CA has 49 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 209.3K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in San Joaquin?
In 2024, San Joaquin, CA recorded a median AQI of 51 and a peak AQI of 140. 49% 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 Joaquin?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for San Joaquin, CA in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover San Joaquin?
Environmental compliance in San Joaquin, 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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