Mesa County, CO

ZIP 81522

In ZIP 81522, 4 of the 12 things we check have at least one part graded D or F.

• Drinking water: Palisade Town Of meets every EPA legal limit; 8 contaminants are above health goals, led by arsenic at 612× California’s Public Health Goal.
• Closer to Superfund sites than 0% of U.S. neighborhoods, with no listed site within 10 miles of its center.
• Largest share of modeled toxic air from industry: Totalenergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc (Total Cray (100%), mostly 1,3-butadiene.
• Fine particles (PM2.5) average 4.0 µg/m³; the WHO guideline is 5 and the EPA annual standard is 9.
• About 66,956 kg of agricultural pesticides are applied in the county each year.

Grades for ZIP 81522

• Superfund sites nearbyA
• Factories and industrial sitesB
• Oil and gas wellsA
• Parks and nature nearbyB
• Air qualityA
• Drinking water qualityC to D
• Pesticide useF
• Neighborhood health statusC
• Past wildfire impactsA
• Past flood impactsA
• Noise levelsD
• Radiation signalsD

Based on 1 census tract · compiled September 10, 2026 · how each grade works and its sources

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