Dale County, AL
The federal environmental record for Dale County (population 49,871): 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
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Dale reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Dale filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 61k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY AVIATION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE & FT RUCKER FIRING RNG | FORT RUCKER | Nitroglycerin, Copper | 60k lb |
| QUALITY FAB INC. | ARITON | Nickel, Chromium | 750 lb |
| MICHELIN NA INC | MIDLAND CITY | Zinc compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 208 lb |
| ARICHEM LLC | ARITON | Methanol, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 30 lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE ENTERPRISE (MIDLAND) FEED MILL | MIDLAND CITY | - | 0 lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - OZARK FEED MILL | OZARK | - | 0 lb |
| PROSOL INC. | OZARK | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - ENTERPRISE PLANT | ENTERPRISE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 163 tank facilities in Dale: 117 tanks in service and 299 closed. 38 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Dale 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 Dale, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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