COUNTY ROAD 10 AND NAPANEE EXTENSION
The 100-acre Himco Dump (Himco) Superfund site is located about two miles north of the St. Joseph River at County Road 10 and the Nappanee Street Extension in Cleveland Township, which is northeast of the city of Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. Land use in the area is predominantly agricultural, residential, and light industrial. A wetlands area is located west of the site. The Himco site contains an unlicensed, unlined 60-acre landfill called Himco Dump, which was privately operated by Himco Waste-Away Services. Himco collected and received area commercial, industrial, and medical wastes and general refuse at the site from 1960 until 1976. Both open-dumping and trench disposal occurred at the landfill. An area south of the landfill and north of County Road 10, called the "construction debris area," contained many small piles of rubble, concrete, asphalt, and metal debris. The construction debris area extended across the landfill boundary and onto property owned by adjacent landowners. In 1971 the Indiana State Board of Health (ISBH) responded to residents' complaints and identified the site as an open dump. In 1974, nearby residents reported to the ISBH that they were experiencing discoloration and foaming problems in their shallow water wells, which was thought to be caused by the off-site movement of landfill leachate. Deeper replacement wells were soon installed; however, in 1990, water samples from the replacement wells showed very high levels of sodium in them. The affected residences were connected to the Elkhart municipal water supply later that year.
2,446 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$59,083 |
Average Income |
934 |
Occupied homes |
