Calhoun County, AL
The federal environmental record for Calhoun County (population 116,429): 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
11
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
20
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniston Army Depot (Southeast Industrial Area) | Anniston | on the NPL | 03/13/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Calhoun 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OXFORD WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD AL0000162 | PFOS: 6.1 ng/L PFHxS: 3.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEAVER WATER SYSTEM AL0000168 | PFOS: 15.3 ng/L PFHxS: 8.7 ng/L PFOA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Calhoun filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 457k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYLER UNION | ANNISTON | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 239k lb |
| CARFAIR COMPOSITES USA INC - ANNISTON | ANNISTON | Styrene | 43k lb |
| U.S. ARMY - ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT | ANNISTON | Zinc compounds, Ethylene glycol | 42k lb |
| KRONOSPAN LLC | EASTABOGA | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 40k lb |
| FITCO | ANNISTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 39k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FORT MCCLELLAN RANGES | ANNISTON | Copper, Lead | 26k lb |
| SOLUTIA INC ANNISTON PLANT | ANNISTON | Benzene, Cumene | 14k lb |
| M & H VALVE CO | ANNISTON | Manganese, Copper | 7k lb |
| RENAISSANCE MANUFACTURING GROUP ANNISTON LLC | ANNISTON | Copper, Lead | 4k lb |
| KRONOSPAN LLC - OHATCHEE LOG YARD | OHATCHEE | Lead | 1k lb |
| FABARC STEEL SUPPLY INC | OXFORD | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 1k lb |
| TYLER UNION OXFORD | ANNISTON | Nickel, Lead | 588 lb |
| SOUTHERN TOOL | OXFORD | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 43 lb |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLATFORMS & SERVICES LP | ANNISTON | Manganese, Lead compounds | 34 lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - ANNISTON | OXFORD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 23 lb |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (ANNISTON) | ANNISTON | Lead, Nickel | 5 lb |
| CALHOUN GENERATING FACILITY | EASTABOGA | - | 0 lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN CORP | JACKSONVILLE | Chromium | 0 lb |
| INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS ANNISTON | ANNISTON | - | 0 lb |
| NEW FLYER OF AMERICA | ANNISTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 365 tank facilities in Calhoun: 313 tanks in service and 756 closed. 98 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Calhoun as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 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 Calhoun, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANCHOR METALSANNISTON
- CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS (FEMA/DHS) - BLDG 40 / 900 AREAANNISTON
- CENTER STAR MFG. SITEOXFORD
- DEFENSE RESEARCHANNISTON
- MCT ANNISTON INC.ANNISTON
- SIERRA CHEMICAL COMPANYANNISTON
- SOLUTIA INC ANNISTON PLANTANNISTON
- U.S. PIPE & FOUNDRY CO INC U.S. CASTINGS DIVANNISTON
- US CDP (FEMA/DHC) - COBRA TRAINING FACILITYANNISTON
- USA FT MCCLELLAN PELHAM RANGEFORT MCCLELLAN
- WILLIAMS SCRAP METAL INCANNISTON