Highlands County, FL
The federal environmental record for Highlands County (population 107,614): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
41
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Highlands 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AVON PARK, CITY OF FL6280049 | PFOA: 5.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L PFHxS: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SEBRING WATER ; SEWER SYSTEM FL6280250 | PFOS: 5.3 ng/L PFHxS: 3.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF FL6280286 | PFOS: 7.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Highlands filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 81k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA GENERAL SERVICES LLC | SEBRING | Styrene | 38k lb |
| DOD, USAF, AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE | AVON PARK | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 20k lb |
| TURF CARE SUPPLY LLC. | SEBRING | Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds | 12k lb |
| E-STONE USA CORP | SEBRING | Styrene | 12k lb |
| HEARTLAND METALS INC | LAKE PLACID | Lead compounds | 2 lb |
| WEDGWORTH'S INC LAKE PLACID | LAKE PLACID | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 325 tank facilities in Highlands: 122 tanks in service and 837 closed. 187 fuel releases are on record, of which 41 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Highlands 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.
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