Pollution & Cleanup
First, the disclaimer that matters most: this is a statewide screening list, not an address check. A Superfund site somewhere in Colorado does not mean a particular home is affected. Colorado's industrial and cleanup history is shaped heavily by its mining legacy, alongside a notable federal and military presence — patterns that explain why certain sites exist statewide, without saying anything about your block. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) serves as the state-side partner to the EPA's federal cleanup program. Use the list below to get oriented on what the public records show, and treat an address-level review as the calm next step when evaluating a specific property.
On the cleanup side, Colorado's state-level partner to the EPA is the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Alongside the federal Superfund (NPL) program, CDPHE co-manages site work and typically runs a state-level contaminated-site and voluntary-cleanup program for properties that don't rise to the federal list. On how PFAS is handled at contaminated sites, the state tends to lean on the federal framework rather than a separate enforceable standard. The point isn't alarm — it's that a named office is tracking this work.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Air Force Plant Pjks | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Rocky Flats Plant (Usdoe) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Usarmy) | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific Colorado address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
A statewide Superfund list is a starting point, not a verdict on any single home, and CDPHE's remediation role is part of why these sites are documented and tracked at all. To read the list well, weigh four things. First, distance — proximity matters far more than a site simply sharing a state with you. Second, the contamination type and how it might travel, whether through soil, air, or groundwater. Third, the cleanup stage, since many listed sites are well into remediation. Fourth, where a given home actually gets its water. Superfund's paperwork — NPL, SEMS, CERCLA — has its own dialect, so don't worry if the labels blur together. And if Colorado's PFAS-confirmed list comes back empty, that's genuinely worth noting but it is not a full all-clear: it only reflects what's been confirmed for PFAS specifically, while CDPHE's broader site inventory and the EPA's SEMS records may still track other concerns.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Colorado. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
Superfund (NPL) sites are federal, run by the EPA, but the state-side partner is the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). CDPHE co-manages cleanup work and tends to run its own contaminated-site and voluntary-cleanup program for properties that fall below the federal list.
The list below reflects EPA National Priorities List sites recorded statewide for Colorado. It's a statewide screening view, not an address check — a site somewhere in the state doesn't mean a specific home is affected. CDPHE and the EPA maintain the underlying cleanup records.
A Superfund site is a location the EPA has flagged for cleanup of hazardous contamination under the federal CERCLA program, with the most serious placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). In Colorado, the EPA and CDPHE jointly track and manage that work.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 3 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in Colorado, including Air Force Plant Pjks, Rocky Flats Plant (Usdoe), Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Usarmy). EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Colorado address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.