Copper
Copper at Yakima Training Center- Range have more than halved since 2013 (through 2024).
Total reported releases 39k lb fell sharply year over year (-42%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
970 FIRING CENTER RD, Yakima, Washington · 928110 · Other · operated by US Department Of Defense
Copper at Yakima Training Center- Range have more than halved since 2013 (through 2024).
Copper concentrations have more than halved since 2013.
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Within 3 miles of this facility (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 4,555. 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.