Cherokee County, AL
The federal environmental record for Cherokee County (population 25,666): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cherokee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CENTRE WATER & SEWER BOARD AL0000188 | PFBS: 77 ng/L PFPeA: 40 ng/L PFBA: 24.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Cherokee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 120k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEMCO INTERNATIONAL | LEESBURG | Nickel compounds, Manganese compounds | 119k lb |
| KTH LEESBURG PRODUCTS LLC | LEESBURG | Copper, Manganese | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 100 tank facilities in Cherokee: 75 tanks in service and 195 closed. 20 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cherokee as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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.
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