Sherburne, MN
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. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Sherburne in Minnesota · Population: 99,178
TRI sites such as Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant; Crystal Cabinet Works Inc. -- Princeton; Liberty Paper Inc; SDWIS systems such as Elk River; Otsego; Big Lake anchor Sherburne, MN's EPA extract. Derived burden score 34/100 (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 Sherburne include Otsego, while Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 34/100 (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 Sherburne -- 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 Sherburne, MN: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-26.0%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-26.0%
4.5 million lb → 3.3 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Sherburne, MN's total reported releases fell from 4.5 million lb in 2022 to 3.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sherburne, MN's land releases fell from 4.4 million lb in 2022 to 3.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sherburne, MN's air releases fell from 126.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 113.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (8)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| Elk River | 19,532 | 0 |
| Otsego | 19,000 | 6 |
| Big Lake | 13,056 | 0 |
| Zimmerman | 6,772 | 0 |
| Becker | 5,034 | 0 |
| Clear Lake | 802 | 0 |
| Ridges of Rice Lake Housing Development | 180 | 0 |
| Whitefish Senior Living LLC | 100 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (9)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant | 21.5M lbs |
| 2 | Crystal Cabinet Works Inc. -- Princeton | 306.3K lbs |
| 3 | Liberty Paper Inc | 955 lbs |
| 4 | Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix | 240 lbs |
| 5 | Acp - St. Cloud | 3 lbs |
| 6 | Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 3 | 1 lbs |
| 7 | Forterra Concrete Products - Elk River | 1 lbs |
| 8 | Oldcastle Lawn & Garden | 0 lbs |
| 9 | Lisi Medical Remmele | 0 lbs |
Cities in Sherburne (7)
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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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.