Graves County, KY
The federal environmental record for Graves County (population 36,412): 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
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Tire & Rubber Co. (Mayfield Landfill) | Mayfield | deleted | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Graves 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)
3 facilities in Graves filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 409k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP MAYFIELD KY FACILITY | HICKORY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 409k lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP MAYFIELD KY. FEED MILL | MAYFIELD | - | 0 lb |
| ATLAS EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC.. | MAYFIELD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 185 tank facilities in Graves: 66 tanks in service and 420 closed. 161 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Graves 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 Graves, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CTNA MANUFACTURING LIMITED PARTNERSHIPMAYFIELD
- EASTERDAY TIE & TIMBER CO INCMAYFIELD
- FORMER MAYFIELD WOOLEN MILLSMAYFIELD
- MAYFIELD CONSUMER PRODUCTSMAYFIELD
- UNIVERSAL COMPRESSOR SOLUTIONS LLCMAYFIELD