Bracken County, KY
The federal environmental record for Bracken County (population 8,452): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
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open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bracken 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BRACKEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT KY0120039 | PFHxS: 5.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 57 tank facilities in Bracken: 28 tanks in service and 134 closed. 42 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bracken 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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