Chaves County, NM

ZIP 88116

In ZIP 88116, 5 of the 12 things we check have at least one part graded D or F.

• Drinking water: Portales Water System meets every EPA legal limit; 18 contaminants are above health goals, led by vanadium at 2× California’s Public Health Goal.
• Closer to Superfund sites than 73% of U.S. neighborhoods, with no listed site within 10 miles of its center.
• Largest share of modeled toxic air from industry: Hollyfrontier Navajo Refining LLC - Artesia Refinery (85%), mostly benzene.
• Fine particles (PM2.5) average 4.4 µg/m³; the WHO guideline is 5 and the EPA annual standard is 9.
• About 219,685 kg of agricultural pesticides are applied in the county each year.

Grades for ZIP 88116

• Superfund sites nearbyA to D
• Factories and industrial sitesA to B
• Oil and gas wellsA to D
• Parks and nature nearbyB to C
• Air qualityA
• Drinking water qualityC to F
• Pesticide useD to F
• Neighborhood health statusD
• Past wildfire impactsA
• Past flood impactsA
• Noise levelsA
• Radiation signalsC

Based on 3 census tracts · compiled September 10, 2026 · how each grade works and its sources

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