Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Pontoon Beach, IL

Pontoon Beach is a village in southwestern Madison County, about 15 miles northeast of St. Louis, and is part of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Pontoon Beach was incorporated following an election held on December 8, 1962, and its name refers to the lakefront of Long Lake, which local accounts say once had a sandy beach.

The village spans four townships — Nameoki, Chouteau, Edwardsville, and Collinsville — and covers 12.44 square miles, of which about 19.92% is water.

Pontoon Beach lies in the American Bottom, the Mississippi River floodplain, and a portion of Horseshoe Lake, an oxbow lake that is a former channel of the Mississippi River, lies in the southwest part of the village.

Illinois Route 111 runs through the village center and Illinois Route 162 crosses it to the south, while Interstate 255 crosses the east side of the village and Interstate 270 crosses the north, giving the village four nearby interstate exits.

Pontoon Beach had a population of 5,876 in the 2020 census, up just 0.7% from 5,836 in 2010 after decades of fast growth from 1,107 residents in 1960 and 2,448 in 1970.

The 2020 census counted 2,283 households and 2,511 housing units in Pontoon Beach, with a median age of 37.1 years and 23.1% of residents under the age of 18.

In 2020, non-Hispanic White residents made up 75.65% of Pontoon Beach's population, Black residents 9.09%, and Hispanic or Latino residents 8.73%.

Pontoon Beach is served by Granite City Community Unit School District 9, the district that also serves Granite City and Mitchell and whose high school is Granite City High School.

Horseshoe Lake, on the village's southwest side, is one of Illinois's largest natural lakes and is known for fishing for largemouth bass, bluegill, bigmouth buffalo, and crappie.