Environment
HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in FORT SMITH, Arkansas.
Latest Air Quality Index
47
Good · monitor 10.1 km away
PM2.5 annual8.4 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr3
TRI sites within 1 mi8
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
47
AQI latest — Good
47
AQI 7-day avg
0
Days unhealthy in last 90
8.4
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
43.4
Ozone annual ppb
10.2
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
FORT SMITH WATER UTILITIES · PWS AR0000507
3
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
86,209
Population served
41 (health-based)
Most recent violation type
2017-08-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
8
TRI sites within 1 mile
51
TRI sites within 5 miles
56.5 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
FANSTEEL METALS FMRI
0.6 mi
Nearest brownfield
9TH STREET COTTAGES
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).