Gordon County, GA
The federal environmental record for Gordon County (population 59,757): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gordon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CALHOUN GA1290000 | PFBS: 290 ng/L PFOS: 29 ng/L PFOA: 29 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Gordon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 44k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP | CALHOUN | Nickel compounds, Zinc compounds | 29k lb |
| POLYVENTIVE 140 EXECUTIVE DRIVE | CALHOUN | Chloroacetic acid, 1-Bromopropane | 12k lb |
| PINE HALL BRICK CO INC | FAIRMOUNT | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride | 3k lb |
| MANNINGTON COMMERCIAL | CALHOUN | Zinc compounds | 510 lb |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES INC. PLANT T8 | CALHOUN | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| FIELD TURF | CALHOUN | - | 0 lb |
| PLIANT CORP | CALHOUN | - | 0 lb |
| APACHE MILLS INC APACHE 2 | CALHOUN | - | 0 lb |
| APACHE MILLS PLANT 1 | CALHOUN | - | 0 lb |
| MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC - FLOOR MAT PRINT PLANT | CALHOUN | - | 0 lb |
| CALHOUN PLASTICS & CHEMICALS | CALHOUN | - | 0 lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP (RANGER FEED MILL) | RANGER | - | 0 lb |
| ATCO RUBBER PRODUCTS INC. | PLAINVILLE | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| TEXTILE RUBBER & CHEMICAL CO RESACA COATING DIV | RESACA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 196 tank facilities in Gordon: 172 tanks in service and 423 closed. 150 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gordon 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 Gordon, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALLIED UNIVERSAL CORPRANGER
- DHM ADHESIVES INC.CALHOUN
- EXIT 312 SULFURIC ACID SPILLCALHOUN
- LICK CREEK NAOH SPILLRANGER
- OLD PURE OIL STATIONCALHOUN