Environment
Colfax Elementary — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Colfax Elementary in Colfax, North Carolina.
Latest Air Quality Index
42
Good · monitor 18.5 km away
PM2.5 annual7.6 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr0
TRI sites within 1 mi3
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
42
AQI latest — Good
42
AQI 7-day avg
1
Days unhealthy in last 90
7.6
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
51.3
Ozone annual ppb
13.7
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
W & W-AFCO STEEL_0241473 · PWS NC0241473
0
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
144
Population served
34
Most recent violation type
2025-11-24
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
3
TRI sites within 1 mile
31
TRI sites within 5 miles
37.4 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
HOLCOMB CREOSOTE CO
9.2 mi
Nearest brownfield
DANCE SOUTH PERFORMING ARTS
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).