Whiteside, IL
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 Whiteside in Illinois · Population: 55,192
TRI sites such as Sterling Steel Co LLC; Rock River Fabrication; Wahl Clipper Corp; SDWIS systems such as ROCK FALLS; MORRISON; FULTON anchor Whiteside, IL's EPA extract. Derived burden score 48/100 (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 Whiteside include FULTON; PROPHETSTOWN; ERIE, while Sterling Steel Co LLC leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 48/100 (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 Whiteside -- 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 Whiteside, IL: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-5.5%
7 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-5.5%
750.1 thousand lb → 708.8 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 2 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Whiteside, IL's total reported releases fell from 750.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 708.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Whiteside, IL's air releases fell from 7.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Whiteside, IL's water releases fell from 131 lb in 2022 to 103 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Whiteside, IL's off-site transfers fell from 742.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 704.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (10)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| ROCK FALLS | 8,620 | 0 |
| MORRISON | 4,188 | 0 |
| FULTON | 3,346 | 3 |
| PROPHETSTOWN | 2,100 | 1 |
| ERIE | 1,479 | 3 |
| ALBANY | 846 | 1 |
| TAMPICO | 689 | 1 |
| LYNDON | 537 | 0 |
| COUNTRY ACRES MHP (WHITESIDE COUNTY) | 232 | 0 |
| HONEYCUTT HILL MHP LLC | 75 | 1 |
TRI Facilities (11)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sterling Steel Co LLC | 9.6M lbs |
| 2 | Rock River Fabrication | 73.8K lbs |
| 3 | Wahl Clipper Corp | 39.3K lbs |
| 4 | Frantz Manufacturing Co Wheel & Bearing Div | 533 lbs |
| 5 | Timken Drives LLC | 104 lbs |
| 6 | Maclean Mallard LLC | 33 lbs |
| 7 | Dana Off-Highway Drive & Motion Systems | 11 lbs |
| 8 | Forge Group LLC DBA Illinois Forge Co | 3 lbs |
| 9 | Ifh Group Inc | 0 lbs |
| 10 | Metal Spinners - a Div of Samuel Son & Co. (usa) Inc. | 0 lbs |
| 11 | Agri-King Inc. | 0 lbs |
Cities in Whiteside (9)
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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.