Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Hilmar Cheese CO Dalhart have risen 74% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Hilmar Cheese CO Dalhart
Total reported releases 121k lb rose modestly year over year (+8%). Total releases concentrations are up 74% since 2010.
12400 US HWY 385, Dalhart, Texas · 311513 · Food · operated by Hilmar Cheese Co
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Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than halved since 2014.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations have more than halved since 2013.
Peracetic acid
Peracetic acid 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
Within 3 miles of this facility (2 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 3,989. Why we surface this →
38.3%
Low-income
73.9%
People of color
13.3%
Under age 5
9.4%
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.