Escambia County, FL
The federal environmental record for Escambia County (population 326,928): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
7
Superfund NPL sites
34
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
18
TRI facilities
249
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrico Chemical Co. | Pensacola | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
| American Creosote Works (Pensacola Plant) | Pensacola | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Beulah Landfill | Pensacola | deleted | 02/21/1990 |
| Dubose Oil Products Co. | Cantonment | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Escambia Wood - Pensacola | Pensacola | on the NPL | 12/16/1994 |
| Pensacola Naval Air Station | Pensacola | on the NPL | 11/21/1989 |
| Pioneer Sand Co. | Warrington | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Escambia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ UTILITIES ASSOCIATION, INC. FL1170302 | PFOA: 39.2 ng/L PFOS: 11.3 ng/L PFPeA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| EMERALD COAST UTILITIES AUTHORITY FL1170525 | 6:2 FTS: 220.1 ng/L PFPeA: 138.9 ng/L PFHxA: 111 ng/L | above final limit |
| PEOPLES WATER SERVICE COMPANY FL1170527 | PFOS: 31 ng/L PFOA: 12 ng/L PFHxS: 11 ng/L | above final limit |
| EREC WATER SYSTEM FL1170718 | PFOS: 8.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| NAS PENSACOLA / CORRY STATION FL1170814 | PFOA: 13 ng/L PFOS: 10 ng/L PFHxS: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
18 facilities in Escambia filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 23.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC | CANTONMENT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Formic acid | 22.0M lb |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER PENSACOLA MILL | CANTONMENT | Methanol, Manganese compounds | 1.2M lb |
| ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC. | PENSACOLA | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate | 68k lb |
| CYTIVA US LLC | PENSACOLA | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N-Dimethylformamide | 65k lb |
| BLUEWINDTECHNOLOGY | PENSACOLA | Styrene | 45k lb |
| JUPITER BACH N.A. | PENSACOLA | Styrene | 36k lb |
| WEST FRASER MCDAVID LUMBER MILL | MC DAVID | Methanol | 29k lb |
| POLYNT COMPOSITES USA INC | PENSACOLA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Styrene | 21k lb |
| BLAZER BOATS INC | PENSACOLA | Styrene | 7k lb |
| KRATON CHEMICAL LLC | PENSACOLA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Phenol | 7k lb |
| U.S. NAVY NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA | PENSACOLA | Lead, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| CEREX ADVANCED FABRICS INC | CANTONMENT | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 1k lb |
| SANTOPRENE PRODUCTION PENSACOLA LLC | CANTONMENT | Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds | 865 lb |
| WAYNE DALTON OF PENSACOLA A DIV OF OVERHEAD DOOR CORP | PENSACOLA | Diisocyanates | 7 lb |
| COASTAL AN OLDCASTLE CO | PENSACOLA | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-CANTONMENT PLANT | CANTONMENT | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| FOLEY PRODUCTS CO - CANTONMENT | CANTONMENT | Lead | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN CONCRETE SUPPLY INC - CANTONMENT PLANT | CANTONMENT | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 989 tank facilities in Escambia: 335 tanks in service and 2,598 closed. 879 fuel releases are on record, of which 249 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Escambia 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 Escambia, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.PENSACOLA
- AIRGAS CANTONMENT EXPLOSIONCANTONMENT
- ALLIED-WILLIAMS TERMINIXPENSACOLA
- AMERICAN CREOSOTE WORKS, INC. (PENSACOLA PLANT)PENSACOLA
- ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLCCANTONMENT
- B & B ENTERPRISES RELEASECENTURY
- BEGGS LANEPENSACOLA
- BEULAH LANDFILLPENSACOLA
- BROOK FOREST DRIVE MERCURYPENSACOLA
- CANTONMENT BLACK LIQUOR SPILLCANTONMENT
- CORRY FIELD LANDFILLPENSACOLA
- CSX COTTON LAKE ROAD DERAILEMENTCENTURY
- CSX SODIUM HYDROXIDE SPILLMOLINO
- DUBOSE OIL PRODUCTS CO.CANTONMENT
- ESCAMBIA WOOD - PENSACOLAPENSACOLA
- GUILLEMARD STREET PCE PLUMEPENSACOLA
- GULF COAST PLATING INCPENSACOLA
- KLONDIKE LANDFILLPENSACOLA
- LEXINGTON AVENUE MERCURYPENSACOLA
- OMNI-VESTPENSACOLA
- PENSACOLA GASIFICATION PLANTPENSACOLA
- PENSACOLA IMPORT AUTO SALVAGEPENSACOLA
- PENSACOLA IRON TRIANGLEPENSACOLA
- PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATIONPENSACOLA
- PENSACOLA TAR & TURPENTINEPENSACOLA
- PENSACOLA WOOD TREATING INCPENSACOLA
- PIONEER SAND CO.PENSACOLA
- PROFESSIONAL ONE HOUR CLEANERSPENSACOLA
- SAUFLEY C&D LANDFILL FIREPENSACOLA
- TEXTRON INC/SPENCER KELLOG DIVPENSACOLA
- UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA MERCURYPENSACOLA
- US NAVAL FD/TRNG SAUFLEY FIELDPENSACOLA
- US NAVAL TECH TRNG CORRY STATIONPENSACOLA
- WOODS DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRYPENSACOLA