Environment
BUCKNER ELEM. — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of BUCKNER ELEM. in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri.
Latest Air Quality Index
28
Good · monitor 24.1 km away
PM2.5 annual5.0 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr0
TRI sites within 1 mi1
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
28
AQI latest — Good
28
AQI 7-day avg
1
Days unhealthy in last 90
5.0
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
51.3
Ozone annual ppb
Public Water System
INDEPENDENCE PWS · PWS MO1010399
0
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
120,000
Population served
72
Most recent violation type
2024-07-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
1
TRI sites within 1 mile
2
TRI sites within 5 miles
5.0 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT NORTHWEST LAGOON
9.7 mi
Nearest brownfield
VILLAGE GARDENS
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).