Scott, MS
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 Scott in Mississippi · Population: 27,754
TRI sites such as Tyson Farms Inc.; Peco Foods Inc - Sebastopol Processing; Tyson Farms Inc. - Forest Ms T2; SDWIS systems such as SEBASTOPOL WATER ASSOCIATION; CITY OF FOREST; CITY OF MORTON anchor Scott, MS's EPA extract. Derived burden score 30/100 (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 Scott include H & H WATER SYSTEM, INC; L & F WATER ASSOCIATION, while Tyson Farms Inc. leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 30/100 (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 Scott -- 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 Scott, MS: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+17.7%
7 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+17.7%
550.5 thousand lb → 647.8 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Scott, MS's total reported releases rose from 550.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 647.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Scott, MS's off-site transfers fell from 25 lb in 2022 to 6 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Scott, MS's water releases rose from 508.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 604.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Scott, MS's air releases rose from 42.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 43.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (14)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| SEBASTOPOL WATER ASSOCIATION | 6,207 | 0 |
| CITY OF FOREST | 5,430 | 0 |
| CITY OF MORTON | 3,400 | 0 |
| H & H WATER SYSTEM, INC | 3,036 | 30 |
| STEELE-RINGGOLD W/A #1 | 2,965 | 0 |
| STEELE-RINGGOLD W/A #2 | 2,883 | 0 |
| HOMEWOOD WATER ASSOCIATION | 1,877 | 0 |
| L & F WATER ASSOCIATION | 1,803 | 31 |
| HOMESTEAD WATER ASSOCIATION | 1,251 | 0 |
| LORENA-LEMON-BURNS WATER ASSN | 995 | 0 |
| TOWN OF POLKVILLE-WATER DEPT | 950 | 0 |
| WHITE OAK WATER ASSOCIATION | 747 | 0 |
| HIGH HILL WATER ASSOCIATION | 600 | 0 |
| LAKE WATER WORKS | 500 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (8)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Farms Inc. | 2.5M lbs |
| 2 | Peco Foods Inc - Sebastopol Processing | 614.8K lbs |
| 3 | Tyson Farms Inc. - Forest Ms T2 | 54.5K lbs |
| 4 | Rtx Corp (raytheon) | 121 lbs |
| 5 | Mmc Materials Inc - Forest | 0 lbs |
| 6 | Koch Foods of Mississippi LLC | 0 lbs |
| 7 | Koch Foods of Mississippi LLC | 0 lbs |
| 8 | Koch Farms of Mississippi Morton Feed Mill | 0 lbs |
Cities in Scott (3)
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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.