Copper
Copper at US Army National Guard Fort Chaffee Ranges have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Total reported releases 52k lb fell modestly year over year (-8%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 41% since 2010.
BLDG 1370 FORT SMITH BLVD, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas · 928110 · Other · operated by US Department Of Defense
Copper at US Army National Guard Fort Chaffee Ranges have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Copper concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2018.
Within 3 miles of this facility (10 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 12,664. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.