Cullman County, AL
The federal environmental record for Cullman County (population 92,016): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cullman 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HANCEVILLE (THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF) AL0000406 | PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| JOPPA, HULACO & RYAN WATER AUTHORITY AL0000409 | PFBA: 6.9 ng/L PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| V.A.W. WATER SYSTEM, INC AL0000413 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Cullman filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FARMS INC. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS - HANCEVILLE | HANCEVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 1.0M lb |
| LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. | HANCEVILLE | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 40k lb |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS | CULLMAN | Nitric acid | 15k lb |
| REHAU AUTOMOTIVE LLC | CULLMAN | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 6k lb |
| CULLMAN CASTING CORP | CULLMAN | Lead compounds | 384 lb |
| THE GSI GROUP BREMEN AL | BREMEN | Nickel, Chromium | 120 lb |
| CARDINGTON YUTAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC. - ALABAMA PLANT | CULLMAN | Chromium | 85 lb |
| ADVANCED HEAT TREAT CORP CULLMAN | CULLMAN | Ammonia | 43 lb |
| ROYAL TECH-CULLMAN | CULLMAN | Diisocyanates | 39 lb |
| FOLEY PRODUCTS CO - CULLMAN | CULLMAN | Lead | 0 lb |
| WEBB WHEEL | CULLMAN | - | 0 lb |
| RELIANCE WORLDWIDE CORP | CULLMAN | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-CULLMAN PLANT | CULLMAN | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| LITTRELL BROTHERS LUMBER CO | VINEMONT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 302 tank facilities in Cullman: 265 tanks in service and 664 closed. 82 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cullman 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 Cullman, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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