TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Caterpillar INC Mapleton Plant

Total reported releases 18k lb fell sharply year over year (-57%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

8826 W RT 24, Mapleton, Illinois · 331511 · Primary Metals · operated by Caterpillar INC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 18k.397k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'2418k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

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0000091203 releases at Caterpillar INC Mapleton Plant fell from 24k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Caterpillar INC Mapleton Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS 108-95-2

Phenol

17k lb · +6% YoY

Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

GENERALCAS N120

Diisocyanates

180 lb · +26% YoY

Diisocyanates concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.

CARCINOGENCAS 7440-02-0

Nickel

49 lb · YoY

Nickel concentrations have more than halved since 2014.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7782-50-5

Chlorine

25 lb · -93% YoY

Chlorine concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,293. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
15.6%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
2.1%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
1.9%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
20.4%

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.