Chilton County, AL
The federal environmental record for Chilton County (population 46,431): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chilton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLANTON WATER DEPARTMENT AL0000213 | PFBS: 85 ng/L PFPeA: 31 ng/L PFOS: 28 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Chilton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 60k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST FRASER MAPLESVILLE LUMBER MILL | MAPLESVILLE | Methanol | 31k lb |
| BOISE CASCADE WOOD PRODUCTS LLC | THORSBY | Methanol | 26k lb |
| STELLA-JONES CORP | CLANTON | Creosote, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2k lb |
| FOLEY PRODUCTS CO - CLANTON | CLANTON | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 193 tank facilities in Chilton: 158 tanks in service and 409 closed. 61 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chilton 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Chilton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CENTRAL ALABAMA OIL & POLLUTION CONTROLVERBENA