Baldwin County, AL
The federal environmental record for Baldwin County (population 253,507): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perdido Ground Water Contamination | Perdido | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Baldwin with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| NORTH BALDWIN UTILITIES AL0000023 | PFOS: 11 ng/L PFHxS: 8.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| BELFOREST WATER SYSTEM AL0000025 | PFBA: 7.4 ng/L PFBS: 5.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| FAIRHOPE WATER SYSTEM (CITY OF) AL0000035 | PFOS: 15 ng/L PFOA: 5.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| DAPHNE (UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF) AL0000029 | PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Baldwin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 50k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROWN USA INC. | FOLEY | Methanol, Dichloromethane | 17k lb |
| SI GROUP INC | BAY MINETTE | Dinitrobutyl phenol, Nitric acid | 13k lb |
| GULF COAST PAINT MANUFACTURING | LOXLEY | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10k lb |
| STELLA-JONES CORP | BAY MINETTE | Arsenic compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 5k lb |
| VULCAN INC | FOLEY | Chromium, Lead And Lead Compounds | 4k lb |
| EVERWOOD TREATMENT CO | SPANISH FORT | Copper And Copper Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 655 lb |
| PLASMINE TECHNOLOGY INC | BAY MINETTE | Maleic anhydride | 505 lb |
| ROHR INC (A COLLINS AEROSPACE COMPANY) | FOLEY | Nickel | 31 lb |
| MMC MATERIALS GULF COAST LLC - FOLEY | FOLEY | Lead | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-DOC MCDUFFIE PLANT | FOLEY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC- DAPHNE PLANT | DAPHNE | - | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN CONCRETE SUPPLY - STAPLETON | STAPLETON | - | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN CONCRETE SUPPLY - FOLEY | FOLEY | - | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN CONCRETE SUPPLY INC. -FAIRHOPE | FAIRHOPE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 467 tank facilities in Baldwin: 408 tanks in service and 961 closed. 156 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Baldwin as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Baldwin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HANSEL HODGES PROPERTYELBERTA
- PERDIDO GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONPERDIDO
- US NAVAL OUTLYING BARIN FIELDFOLEY