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Wood, WI

Moderate Risk (52/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.

Environmental data for Wood in Wisconsin · Population: 74,039

Wood, WI is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 17 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 13 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 52/100 (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 7.6M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 4 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

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.

Population
74,039
TRI Facilities
17
Water Systems
13
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
7.6M lbs

Water Systems (13)

System Population Violations
WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM 20,000 0
MARSHFIELD UTILITIES 18,815 2
PORT EDWARDS WATER UTILITY 1,866 0
BIRON WATER UTILITY 879 0
PITTSVILLE WATERWORKS 800 0
VESPER WATERWORKS 491 0
SPRING GREEN ESTATES 300 0
MILLADORE WATERWORKS 280 0
BOARDWALK MHC LLC 130 3
PIRCO MHP 97 1
BALTIC RENTALS LLC 75 0
SPRING GREEN ESTATES SOUTH 40 1
SPRING GREEN ESTATES NORTH 32 0

TRI Facilities (17)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Water Quality Center 2.7M lbs
2 Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill 2.3M lbs
3 Domtar Aw LLC Nekoosa Mill 1.5M lbs
4 Foremost Farms USA 431.9K lbs
5 Nd Paper Inc - Biron Div 264.0K lbs
6 Forte Opening Solutions - Marshfield 114.5K lbs
7 Ecc Corrosion Inc. 87.6K lbs
8 Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill 47.3K lbs
9 Felker Brothers Corp 40.5K lbs
10 Counter Form LLC 32.0K lbs
11 Erco Worldwide (usa) Inc 31.4K lbs
12 Nekoosa Coated Products LLC 11.8K lbs
13 Kerry Inc 11.8K lbs
14 Matalco Wisconsin LLC 6.3K lbs
15 H & S Manufacturing Co Inc 1.0K lbs
16 Sonoco Wisconsin Rapids 525 lbs
17 Prepolymer Prods Inc. 10 lbs

Cities in Wood (3)

Marshfield
Pop: -
7 facilities · 6 water
Nekoosa
Pop: -
3 facilities · 2 water
Vesper
Pop: -
1 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Wood, Wisconsin? ▼
Wood, WI has an environmental risk score of 52/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 17 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 13 water systems on record. 4 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Wood? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Wood, WI in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Wood? ▼
Wood, WI has 17 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 7.6M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Wood? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Wood, WI. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Wood? ▼
Wood, WI has 13 EPA-regulated water systems. 4 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Wood? ▼
Environmental compliance in Wood, Wisconsin is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Wisconsin 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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