Jackson County, GA
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 88,615): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BRASELTON GA1570000 | PFOS: 4.6 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 627k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK BATTERY AMERICA INC. | COMMERCE | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 417k lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - PENDERGRASS FRESH PLANT | PENDERGRASS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 132k lb |
| TOYOTA INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR PARTS AMERICA CO | PENDERGRASS | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Manganese | 41k lb |
| HUBER ENGINEERED WOODS LLC | COMMERCE | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 34k lb |
| ENCHEM AMERICA INC. | COMMERCE | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-Propane sultone | 2k lb |
| DIRT DOG MANUFACTURING | COMMERCE | Manganese, Lead | 627 lb |
| KUBOTA MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA CORP. | JEFFERSON | Ethylene glycol | 293 lb |
| TD AUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSOR GEORGIA LLC | PENDERGRASS | Zinc compounds, Copper | 85 lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - MAYSVILLE FEED MILL | MAYSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| MORGAN CONCRETE CO - JEFFERSON PLANT | JEFFERSON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| MAR-JAC POULTRY INC | MAYSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LLC | PENDERGRASS | - | 0 lb |
| SEYDEL COS JRS PLANT | PENDERGRASS | - | 0 lb |
| MORGAN CONCRETE CO - COMMERCE PLANT | COMMERCE | - | 0 lb |
| DAHLBERG ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT | NICHOLSON | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - JEFFERSON | JEFFERSON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| ARGOS JEFFERSON CONCRETE PLANT | JEFFERSON | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 160 tank facilities in Jackson: 190 tanks in service and 314 closed. 99 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JOE SIKES OIL SERVICESJEFFERSON
- NICHOLSON GA FORMALDEHYDE RELEASENICHOLSON