Daviess County, KY
The federal environmental record for Daviess County (population 103,222): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River Disposal, Inc. | Maceo | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Daviess 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 |
|---|---|---|
| E DAVIESS CO WATER ASSOC INC KY0300109 | PFOA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTH MCLEAN CO WATER DISTRICT KY0300320 | PFOA: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| OWENSBORO MUNICIPAL UTILITIES KY0300336 | PFOA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| S E DAVIESS CO WATER DISTRICT KY0300387 | PFOA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| WHITESVILLE WATER WORKS KY0300467 | PFOA: 5.6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Daviess filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.0M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWENSBORO GRAIN CO LLC | OWENSBORO | n-Hexane | 394k lb |
| KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP OWENSBORO OPERATIONS | OWENSBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 371k lb |
| DARAMIC LLC | OWENSBORO | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 158k lb |
| DART POLYMERS INC | OWENSBORO | Styrene, Ethylbenzene | 52k lb |
| OWENSBORO GRAIN BIODIESEL LLC | OWENSBORO | Methanol | 19k lb |
| VALOR LLC | OWENSBORO | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 17k lb |
| OWENSBORO SPECIALTY POLYMERS INC | OWENSBORO | Vinylidene chloride, Acrylonitrile | 10k lb |
| HAUSNER HARD-CHROME OF KENTUCKY | OWENSBORO | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead compounds | 8k lb |
| MODERN WELDING CO OF OWENSBORO INC | OWENSBORO | Styrene, Chromium | 6k lb |
| HINES PRECISION INC. | PHILPOT | Tetrachloroethylene | 4k lb |
| HUNTER DOUGLAS | OWENSBORO | Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| SPECIALTY FOODS GROUP LLC | OWENSBORO | Ammonia | 305 lb |
| TOYOTETSU MID AMERICA | OWENSBORO | Manganese | 83 lb |
| PINKERTON TOBACCO CO LP | OWENSBORO | Nicotine and salts | 7 lb |
| HENDRICK SCREEN CO | OWENSBORO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 412 tank facilities in Daviess: 244 tanks in service and 961 closed. 323 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Daviess 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 Daviess, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BARMET OF KENTUCKYUTICA
- DART POLYMERS INCOWENSBORO
- GOODLOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITEOWENSBORO
- GREEN RIVER DISPOSAL, INC.MACEO
- US DOE/SRC 1 DEMO PLANTNEWMAN