Madison County, AL
The federal environmental record for Madison County (population 412,600): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
26
TRI facilities
33
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone Arsenal (USARMY/NASA) | Huntsville | on the NPL | 05/31/1994 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HARVEST-MONROVIA WATER SYSTEM AL0000878 | PFOA: 4.8 ng/L PFBS: 4.7 ng/L PFPeA: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES AL0000882 | PFBA: 11 ng/L PFOS: 9 ng/L PFBS: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| MADISON COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT AL0000888 | PFBA: 8.3 ng/L PFOS: 5 ng/L PFBS: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| MADISON WATER WORKS & SEWER AL0000885 | PFBA: 9.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.9 ng/L | detected |
| NEW HOPE WATER SYSTEM AL0000893 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
| US ARMY GARRISON-REDSTONE ARSENAL AL0000899 | PFBA: 9.2 ng/L PFBS: 4.3 ng/L | detected |
| TRIANA WATER WORKS AL0000905 | PFBA: 7.1 ng/L PFBS: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
26 facilities in Madison filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.8M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNAMETAL INC DBA KENNAMETAL FIRTH STERLING | HUNTSVILLE | Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide | 1.3M lb |
| KOHLER CO | HUNTSVILLE | Styrene | 255k lb |
| US ARMY GARRISON-REDSTONE | HUNTSVILLE | Asbestos (friable), Chlorine | 89k lb |
| AMERICAN CARBONYL | HUNTSVILLE | Ammonia, Iron pentacarbonyl | 48k lb |
| HART & COOLEY LLC | HUNTSVILLE | Certain glycol ethers, Chromium | 30k lb |
| BASF MOBILE EMISSIONS CATALYSTS LLC | HUNTSVILLE | Barium And Barium Compounds, Nitric acid | 23k lb |
| MESKER MBM LP. HUNTSVILLE | HUNTSVILLE | Certain glycol ethers, Manganese | 15k lb |
| ATI HUNTSVILLE OPERATIONS | HUNTSVILLE | Nickel, Chromium | 15k lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS HUNTSVILLE (HUN) | HUNTSVILLE | Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 6k lb |
| NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER | HUNTSVILLE | Lead, Nickel | 5k lb |
| GANNET BIOCHEM | HUNTSVILLE | Dichloromethane, Acetonitrile | 743 lb |
| BLUE ENGINES FACILITY HSV | HUNTSVILLE | Copper, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 112 lb |
| KENNAMETAL INC DBA KENNAMETAL FIRTH STERLING | GURLEY | Cobalt | 61 lb |
| TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA INC. | HUNTSVILLE | Manganese, Copper | 59 lb |
| BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS HUNTSVILLE INC | HUNTSVILLE | Lead | 55 lb |
| BOEING CO THE | HUNTSVILLE | Lead | 35 lb |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC | MADISON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Boron trichloride | 27 lb |
| NORRIS CYLINDER CO | HUNTSVILLE | N,N-Dimethylformamide | 17 lb |
| TINTRONICS INDUSTRIES | HUNTSVILLE | Lead | 14 lb |
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC. | HUNTSVILLE | Lead | 9 lb |
| TRIRX HUNTSVILLE PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES LLC | HUNTSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-HUNTSVILLE PLANT | HUNTSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| SANMINA-SCI | HUNTSVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| NEXTEK INC | MADISON | Lead | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - HARVEST PLANT | HARVEST | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 703 tank facilities in Madison: 786 tanks in service and 1,245 closed. 231 fuel releases are on record, of which 33 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Madison 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 Madison, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ADVANCED TECHNICAL FINISHING, LLCHUNTSVILLE
- GE AEROSPACE/ MARTIN MARIETTAHUNTSVILLE
- HUNTSVILLE GAS COMPANYHUNTSVILLE
- PAYLESS TIRE FIREHUNTSVILLE
- TRIANA/TENNESSEE RIVERLIMESTONE/MORGAN
- WEST HUNTSVILLE CLEANERSHUNTSVILLE