TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Otter Tail Power CO Big Stone Plant

Total reported releases 383k lb held roughly steady year over year (+4%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

48450 144TH ST, Big Stone City, South Dakota · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Otter Tail CORP

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 383k.905k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24383k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Hydrogen fluoride

Hydrogen fluoride at Otter Tail Power CO Big Stone Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Otter Tail Power CO Big Stone Plant have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N040

Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

350k lb · +4% YoY

Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have fallen 42% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese compounds

15k lb · +4% YoY

Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 36% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

9k lb · +5% YoY

Ammonia concentrations have fallen 26% since 2016.

PBTCAS N420

Lead compounds

3k lb · +2% YoY

Lead compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7647-01-0

Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

3k lb · +2% YoY

Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7664-39-3

Hydrogen fluoride

2k lb · +2% YoY

Hydrogen fluoride concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

PBTCAS N458

Mercury compounds

91 lb · +13% YoY

Mercury compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

PBTCAS N150

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds

0 lb · +2% YoY

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Grant County County, SD (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 7,533. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
9.8%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
7.8%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
6.3%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
23.0%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.