Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Southwest Cheese LLC have risen 92% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Southwest Cheese LLC
Total reported releases 2.0M lb held roughly steady year over year (-3%). Total releases concentrations are up 92% since 2010.
1141 CURRY COUNTY RD 4, Clovis, New Mexico · 311513 · Food · operated by Southwest Cheese LLC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at Southwest Cheese LLC have risen 89% since 2010 (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 up 89% since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
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 203. Why we surface this →
28.1%
Low-income
37.9%
People of color
7.4%
Under age 5
13.3%
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.