Christian County, KY
The federal environmental record for Christian County (population 73,037): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Christian 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY KY0240201 | 6:2 FTS: 23 ng/L PFHxA: 5.5 ng/L PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L | detected |
| OAK GROVE UTILITIES OFFICE KY0240329 | PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Christian filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 517k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY FORT CAMPBELL | FORT CAMPBELL | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 438k lb |
| METALSA SA DE CV | HOPKINSVILLE | Certain glycol ethers, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 40k lb |
| AMFINE CHEMICAL CORP | HOPKINSVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Triethylamine | 15k lb |
| U S SMOKELESS TOBACCO CO | HOPKINSVILLE | Nicotine and salts | 11k lb |
| PLYMOUTH ENGINEERED SHAPES | HOPKINSVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chromium | 7k lb |
| U S SMOKELESS TOBACCO CO EAGLE ONE | HOPKINSVILLE | Nicotine and salts | 6k lb |
| COMMONWEALTH AGRI-ENERGY LLC | HOPKINSVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 364 lb |
| EMHART TEKNOLOGIES | HOPKINSVILLE | Ammonia, Nickel | 15 lb |
| DOUGLAS AUTOTECH CORP | HOPKINSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| FREUDENBERG HOPKINSVILLE KY SITE | HOPKINSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| MSSC-US | HOPKINSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| RIKEN ELASTOMERS CORP | HOPKINSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| TRAD NA INC | HOPKINSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 259 tank facilities in Christian: 169 tanks in service and 608 closed. 212 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Christian 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 Christian, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BUTLER ROAD MERCURY SPILLHOPKINSVILLE
- GRAY PCBHOPKINSVILLE
- U.S. ARMY FORT CAMPBELLFORT CAMPBELL