Environment
BLACKBURN ELEM. — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of BLACKBURN ELEM. in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri.
Latest Air Quality Index
38
Good · monitor 17.4 km away
PM2.5 annual6.8 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr0
TRI sites within 1 mi0
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
38
AQI latest — Good
38
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
6.8
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
44.2
Ozone annual ppb
28.1
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
INDEPENDENCE PWS · PWS MO1010399
0
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
120,000
Population served
72
Most recent violation type
2024-07-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
0
TRI sites within 1 mile
13
TRI sites within 5 miles
5.5 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT NORTHWEST LAGOON
2.6 mi
Nearest brownfield
NOLAND ROAD BOAT STORAGE
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).