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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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
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

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Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

6 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 797k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
WESTROCK CP,LLCSTEVENSONManganese compounds, Methanol675k lb
FERROGLOBE USA BRIDGEPORT LLCBRIDGEPORTPolycyclic aromatic compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)110k lb
METAL SOURCE LLC.SCOTTSBOROZinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds9k lb
LOZIER CORPSCOTTSBORONickel, Chromium3k lb
US GYPSUM BRIDGEPORTBRIDGEPORTMercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds272 lb
HEAT TRANSFER PRODUCTS GROUP LLCSCOTTSBOROChromium, Copper compounds140 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.

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All 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