Alachua County, FL
The federal environmental record for Alachua County (population 285,994): 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
11
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
135
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot/Koppers | Gainesville | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Alachua 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HIGH SPRINGS WTP FL2010201 | PFOS: 4.3 ng/L PFBS: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEWBERRY WTP FL2010207 | PFOA: 4.8 ng/L PFBS: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Alachua filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 48k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARGOS NEWBERRY PLANT | NEWBERRY | Ammonia, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 43k lb |
| SIVANCE LLC | GAINESVILLE | Ammonia, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5k lb |
| ARGOS USA HIGH SPRINGS CONCRETE PLANT | HIGH SPRINGS | Lead | 0 lb |
| GAINESVILLE ASPHALT | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX GAINESVILLE NORTH | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| BEAR ARCHERY INC DBA ESCALADE SPORTS | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| GAINESVILLE READY MIX PLANT | GAINESVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 642 tank facilities in Alachua: 286 tanks in service and 1,852 closed. 475 fuel releases are on record, of which 135 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Alachua as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Alachua, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABC RESEARCH CORPORATIONGAINESVILLE
- BRICE LUMBER AND WOOD PRESERVING CO.ARCHER
- CABOT/KOPPERSGAINESVILLE
- FAIRBANKS DOT WASTE DISPOSALGAINESVILLE
- FARCHAN LABORATORIESGAINESVILLE
- GAINESVILLE AIRPORTGAINESVILLE
- GAINESVILLE GASIFICATION PLANTGAINESVILLE
- NORTHEAST LAGOONGAINESVILLE
- UF CHEMICAL DISPOSAL SITEGAINESVILLE
- UNIVERSITY OF FL PENTABORANE CYLINDERGAINESVILLE
- USDA APHIS ADC FLORIDA FIELD STAGAINESVILLE