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Public environmental health records for water, air, land, infrastructure, incidents, and community indicators.
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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Salem.
Public water-system records for Salem, OR from EPA SDWIS.
Salem Public Works
No active drinking-water issues detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 199,820 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
PFAS screening separates EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring from nearby DoD PFAS investigation-site records.
Drinking Water PFAS Monitoring
EPA UCMR5 samples public water systems. These results are separate from nearby PFAS cleanup or investigation-site records.
No PFAS detected in EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring.
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
Nearby PFAS Investigation Sites
DoD records are nearby site investigations, not Salem drinking-water detections. Record names come from the source database and can be broad.
Mcnary Field Salem Aasf
Army · National Guard
Suspected PFAS record
Remedial investigation underway
Estimated investigation end date: 2030-09
No health-relevant impaired water body records surfaced within 10 km in EPA ATTAINS.
Data from EPA ATTAINS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
Reviewed: source records as of Jan 5005
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Marion County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 40-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 40 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
EPA designates an area as nonattainment when air quality does not meet federal health-based standards (NAAQS) for a specific pollutant.
Maintenance areas
Previously nonattainment; currently meeting the standard and monitored under an EPA maintenance plan.
Salem Area
CO · Carbon Monoxide (1971 Standard)
Classification: Not Classified
Original designation: Nov 1990
Data from EPA Green Book
Silverton - N James Street and Western Avenue (Sjw)
Annual mean: 0.0 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 2 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Turner - Cascade Junior High School (Cjh)
Annual mean: 0.0 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 2 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Salem - Oregon State Hospital (Ssh)
Annual mean: 5.2 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Reported: Mar 2026
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc
Reported: 2024
Ennis-Flint Salem
Reported: 2024
Garmin at Inc.
Reported: 2024
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Jun 2026
Brownfield sites are properties where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances.
Open data source: Search EPA ECHO1 site with active cleanup or investigation status
1667 1695 Center St Ne, Salem
Reported: Feb 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No underground storage tank records with active/open release status surfaced within 2 miles.
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
Sites regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, including mines, sand and gravel operations, and portable crushers. Status and type are from the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System. Records with active/intermittent status dates older than 5 years are shown as older records rather than current active sites.
Recently updated active/intermittent sites (2)
Data from MSHA
Marion County, OR
Reported: Mar 2026
Marion County is EPA Radon Zone 3 (low potential). EPA defines Zone 3 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels below 2 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Minimal flood hazard — outside the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains.
Risk Management Program facilities handle extremely hazardous substances (e.g., chlorine, ammonia, propane). EPA requires these facilities to plan for worst-case chemical releases.
No facility records with recent chemical accidents surfaced for this property within the last five years.
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Marion County, OregonPop. 346,703
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 6,740 | 6,705 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 17.7% | 14.2% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 16.3% | 12.7% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 37.3% | 30.6% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 10.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 1 | 1 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 10.6% | 8.3% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 78.4 | 78.7 | 77.6 |