Ammonia
Ammonia releases at Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County rose from 15k lb to 29k lb between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County
Total reported releases 1.6M lb rose meaningfully year over year (+18%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
16198 HWY 70 N, Columbus Junction, Iowa · 311611 · Food · operated by Tyson Foods INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide at Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County have more than halved since 2013 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are up 57% since 2010.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than halved since 2013.
Peracetic acid
Peracetic acid concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (2 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,916. Why we surface this →
34.8%
Low-income
56.6%
People of color
11.3%
Under age 5
18.2%
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.