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Morton Salt, Inc. — United States

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 42.65361, -78.07028.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Morton Salt, Inc. is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 501,587,700 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #174 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 40,759 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE.

40,759t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1151CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481235.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityMorton Salt, Inc. Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates42.65361, -78.07028 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity501,587,700 USD Climate TRACE
Modelled CO₂e40,759 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1151 of 1910 · top 60.3% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#288 of 560 · top 51.4% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Owner / operatorNot available not in dataset
Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

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In context: how this facility compares

At 501,587,700 USD, Morton Salt, Inc. is around the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 40,759 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

744million cubic feet of natural gas burned
8.5khomes' electricity use for a year
679ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 41k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Morton Salt, Inc. carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €3.1M/yr.

41k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€3.1M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Local climate

Morton Salt, Inc. sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 42.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
30/100environmental-severity index
25.8°Cseasonal temperature swing
184 kmdistance to coast
LowCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1424 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 42.65361, -78.07028. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Morton Salt, Inc.?

Morton Salt, Inc. is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Morton Salt, Inc. emit?

The page uses about 40,759 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1151 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Morton Salt, Inc. located?

Morton Salt, Inc. is in United States at approximately 42.65361, -78.07028.

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