Yakima County, WA

ZIP 98935

In ZIP 98935, 6 of the 12 things we check have at least one part graded D or F.

• Drinking water: Wilgus Housing Water System meets every EPA legal limit; 2 contaminants are above health goals, led by arsenic at 360× California’s Public Health Goal.
• Closer to Superfund sites than 56% of U.S. neighborhoods, with no listed site within 10 miles of its center.
• Largest share of modeled toxic air from industry: Triumph Actuation Systems-Yakima (81%), mostly chromium.
• Fine particles (PM2.5) average 7.2 µg/m³; the WHO guideline is 5 and the EPA annual standard is 9.
• About 2,424,406 kg of agricultural pesticides are applied in the county each year.

Grades for ZIP 98935

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

Based on 4 census tracts · compiled October 25, 2026 · how each grade works and its sources

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