Mertz Manufacturing INC
Total reported releases 14k lb fell modestly year over year (-14%). Total releases concentrations are up 17% since 2014.
1701 N WAVERLY, Ponca City, Oklahoma · 332999 · Fabricated Metals
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2014.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Chromium
Chromium concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2013.
Manganese
Manganese concentrations are up 17% since 2010.
Nickel
Nickel concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2013.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (21 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 21,787. 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.