Houston County, AL
The federal environmental record for Houston County (population 108,462): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
39
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DOTHAN UTILITIES (CITY OF) AL0000681 | 6:2 FTS: 11 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Houston filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 58k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - DOTHAN FRESH PLANT | DOTHAN | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 23k lb |
| COVENANT STEEL WAREHOUSE | DOTHAN | Xylene (mixed isomers), Chromium | 20k lb |
| DUNBARTON CORP REDIFRAME DIV | DOTHAN | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 14k lb |
| QUALICO STEEL CO INC | WEBB | Chromium, Manganese | 780 lb |
| QSI | DOTHAN | Chromium, Manganese | 109 lb |
| SMARTLAM NA LLC | DOTHAN | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| APEC | DOTHAN | - | 0 lb |
| TWITCHELL TECHNICAL PRODUCTS LLC | DOTHAN | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - DOTHAN PLANT | DOTHAN | - | 0 lb |
| GRI-APS INC. | COLUMBIA | Ethylene oxide | 0 lb |
| SERVICE MACHINE | DOTHAN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 364 tank facilities in Houston: 325 tanks in service and 708 closed. 126 fuel releases are on record, of which 39 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Houston 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 Houston, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- GOLDEN PEANUT NAOH SPILLDOTHAN
- KING CHURCH FURNITURE #2DOTHAN