Lamar County, GA
The federal environmental record for Lamar County (population 20,401): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lamar 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BARNESVILLE, GA GA1710000 | PFPeA: 8 ng/L PFHxA: 5.4 ng/L PFBS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Lamar filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS LLC/ALDORA PLANT | BARNESVILLE | Ammonia, Methanol | 46k lb |
| GRAIN CRAFT - BARNESVILLE | BARNESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 53 tank facilities in Lamar: 55 tanks in service and 89 closed. 27 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lamar 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.
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