Muscogee County, GA
The federal environmental record for Muscogee County (population 201,877): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Muscogee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLUMBUS GA2150000 | PFOA: 33.9 ng/L PFPeA: 9.6 ng/L PFHxA: 9.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Muscogee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANASONIC ENERGY CORP OF AMERICA LITHIUM DIV | COLUMBUS | Manganese compounds | 27k lb |
| STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS USA LLC | COLUMBUS | Ammonia, Formic acid | 12k lb |
| PRATT & WHITNEY DIV | MIDLAND | Nitric acid, Hydrogen fluoride | 4k lb |
| STEPAN CO | COLUMBUS | Ethylene glycol | 1k lb |
| SARATOGA RP EAST LLC - COLUMBUS TERMINAL | COLUMBUS | Toluene, Benzene | 840 lb |
| ALUDYNE-COLUMBUS LLC | COLUMBUS | Manganese compounds, Copper | 676 lb |
| PANASONIC ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA MATERIALS DIVISION | COLUMBUS | Nickel | 6 lb |
| ARGOS COLUMBUS CONCRETE PLANT | COLUMBUS | Lead | 0 lb |
| TEXTRON AVIATION/MCCAULEY FACILITY | COLUMBUS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 517 tank facilities in Muscogee: 422 tanks in service and 1,274 closed. 418 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Muscogee 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 Muscogee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AUTUMNLEAF MERCURY SPILLCOLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS BULK ICE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA RELEASECOLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL LANDFILLCOLUMBUS
- HPPE SURFACTANT SPILLCOLUMBUS
- TRUCKS AND TRAILERS DRUM SITECOLUMBUS
- US ARMY RANGE FACILITY FOR FORT BENNINGFORT BENNING
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) COLUMBUSCOLUMBUS