Polk County, GA
The federal environmental record for Polk County (population 44,223): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedartown Industries, Inc. | Cedartown | deleted | 02/21/1990 |
| Cedartown Municipal Landfill | Cedartown | deleted | 03/31/1989 |
| Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill | Cedartown | deleted | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Polk reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Polk filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 43k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXILLON AEROSPACE (ROCKMART) INC. | ROCKMART | Toluene | 26k lb |
| HON CO | CEDARTOWN | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 12k lb |
| RG DISPERSANTS USA LLC | CEDARTOWN | Naphthalene, Formaldehyde | 4k lb |
| SHEBOYGAN PAINT CO | CEDARTOWN | Xylene (mixed isomers), sec-Butyl alcohol | 1k lb |
| KIMOTO TECH INC | CEDARTOWN | Toluene | 204 lb |
| JCG FARMS OF ALABAMA LLC | ROCKMART | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 162 tank facilities in Polk: 149 tanks in service and 315 closed. 109 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Polk 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 Polk, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARCLIN DISPERSANTSCEDARTOWN
- CEDARTOWN BATTERYCEDARTOWN
- CEDARTOWN HIGH SCHOOLCEDARTOWN
- CEDARTOWN INDUSTRIES, INC.CEDARTOWN
- CEDARTOWN MUNICIPAL LANDFILLCEDARTOWN
- DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. LANDFILLCEDARTOWN
- DRUMMOND ROAD DRUMCEDARTOWN