Cherokee County, GA
The federal environmental record for Cherokee County (population 286,602): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cherokee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WOODSTOCK, GA GA0570003 | PFBS: 7.4 ng/L PFOA: 6.8 ng/L PFOS: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Cherokee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 73k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL MARBLE LLC | WOODSTOCK | Styrene | 47k lb |
| PIOLAX MANUFACTURING PLANT | CANTON | Sodium nitrite | 16k lb |
| ISOTEC INTERNATIONAL INC. | CANTON | Diisocyanates | 7k lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE COMPLEX CANTON | CANTON | Peracetic acid | 3k lb |
| J&S CHEMICAL CORP | CANTON | Zinc compounds | 48 lb |
| CHART INC | BALL GROUND | Lead And Lead Compounds, Chromium | 31 lb |
| MEYN AMERICA LLC | BALL GROUND | Chromium, Nickel | 5 lb |
| JD'S GLASSWORKS INC | WOODSTOCK | - | 0 lb |
| CAIRE INC | BALL GROUND | - | 0 lb |
| ARGOS CANTON CONCRETE PLANT | CANTON | Lead | 0 lb |
| UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORP | CANTON | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - CHEROKEE #3800 | CANTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - CANTON | CANTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORP | BALL GROUND | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - WOODSTOCK PLANT | WOODSTOCK | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 266 tank facilities in Cherokee: 366 tanks in service and 434 closed. 199 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cherokee 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 Cherokee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ACWORTH NAPA AUTO PARTS FIREACWORTH
- BRIGHAM FARMS, BALLGROUNDBALL GROUND
- CHEROKEE GOLD MINECANTON
- FEDEX CANTON SPILLCANTON
- FRANKLIN-CREIGHTON GOLD MINE AND MILLBALL GROUND
- KEETER RD ABANDONED DRUMSCANTON
- PEARIDGE ROAD FIRECANTON
- SALACOA RD HERBICIDE SPILLWALESKA
- SYCAMORE POINT MERCURY SPILLWOODSTOCK
- WILLIAMS PROPERTY GOLD MINECANTON