Jackson County, AL
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 53,467): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| STEVENSON (UTIL. BOARD OF THE TOWN OF) AL0000732 | PFOS: 5.6 ng/L PFOA: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
| BRIDGEPORT UTILITIES BOARD AL0000713 | PFBA: 5.2 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
| CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN WATER AL0000717 | PFBA: 7 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
| SECTION-DUTTON WATER SYSTEM AL0000728 | PFBA: 7.7 ng/L PFBS: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
| SCOTTSBORO WATER WORKS AL0000729 | PFBA: 9.8 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| JACKSON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AL0001748 | PFBA: 7.1 ng/L PFBS: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
| DEKALB-JACKSON WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT AL0001796 | PFBA: 8.1 ng/L PFBS: 7.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 797k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTROCK CP,LLC | STEVENSON | Manganese compounds, Methanol | 675k lb |
| FERROGLOBE USA BRIDGEPORT LLC | BRIDGEPORT | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 110k lb |
| METAL SOURCE LLC. | SCOTTSBORO | Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 9k lb |
| LOZIER CORP | SCOTTSBORO | Nickel, Chromium | 3k lb |
| US GYPSUM BRIDGEPORT | BRIDGEPORT | Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 272 lb |
| HEAT TRANSFER PRODUCTS GROUP LLC | SCOTTSBORO | Chromium, Copper compounds | 140 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 232 tank facilities in Jackson: 143 tanks in service and 529 closed. 54 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- TVA WIDOWS CREEK STEAM PLANTSTEVENSON
- US TVA BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLANTHOLLYWOOD
- WELCO INC. DUMPWOODVILLE