Marion County, FL
The federal environmental record for Marion County (population 409,959): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
192
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BELLEVIEW, CITY OF (2 WPS) FL3420074 | PFOS: 5.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| OCALA, CITY OF (2 WTPS) FL3420922 | PFHxS: 42 ng/L PFOS: 39 ng/L PFPeA: 14 ng/L | above final limit |
| OCALA HEIGHTS S/D FL3424651 | PFOS: 6.4 ng/L PFOA: 6.2 ng/L PFBS: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| STONECREST SUBDIVISION (7WPS) FL3424897 | PFBS: 9.3 ng/L PFPeA: 7.5 ng/L PFOA: 7.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST SIDE CONSOLIDATED FL6421144 | PFOS: 10.6 ng/L PFPeA: 9.6 ng/L PFBS: 8.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| ON TOP OF THE WORLD COMMUNITIES, LLC FL6424619 | PFBS: 5.8 ng/L PFOS: 4.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPRUCE CREEK UTILITY CO INC. FL6424652 | PFOS: 8.4 ng/L PFBS: 7.8 ng/L PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Marion filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 18k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTENNAS FOR COMMUNICATIONS | OCALA | Styrene | 18k lb |
| SAFETY KLEEN SYSTEMS INC - OCALA | OCALA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol | 93 lb |
| INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES | OCALA | Chromium, Manganese | 13 lb |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILES & FIRE CONTROL | OCALA | Lead | 12 lb |
| CARDINAL IG-OCALA | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
| ARGOS OCALA CONCRETE PLANT | OCALA | Lead | 0 lb |
| TOWNLEY FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO INC | CANDLER | - | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN PANEL CORP | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
| PREFERRED MATERIALS - OCALA WEST | OCALA | Lead | 0 lb |
| TOWNLEY ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING CO | CANDLER | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX OCALA WEST | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
| LIGHTING RESOURCES FLORIDA | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
| CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS INC | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX OCALA NORTH | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
| OWENS-CORNING LUMBER | OCALA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 947 tank facilities in Marion: 417 tanks in service and 2,470 closed. 500 fuel releases are on record, of which 192 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Marion 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 Marion, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 301 PLAZA LAUNDROMATOCALA
- AURORA PRECISION METALSOCALA
- CITRA CSX DERAILMENTCITRA
- DAVIS LANDFILLOKLAWAHA
- MARTEL LANDFILLMARTEL
- ORANGE LAKE DUMPORANGE LAKE
- STEVEN JACHLEWSKI PROPERTYSILVER SPGS
- UMATILLA HG SPILLUMATILLA
- VEREL LANDFILLBELLEVIEW
- WEST FLORIDA NATURAL GAS COMPANYOCALA