Hardin County, KY
The federal environmental record for Hardin County (population 111,862): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distler Brickyard | West Point | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Howe Valley Landfill | Howe Valley | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hardin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HARDIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #2 KY0470175 | PFPeA: 7.4 ng/L PFOA: 6.2 ng/L PFHxA: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Hardin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 674k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY GARRISON FORT KNOX | FORT KNOX | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 439k lb |
| METALSA LIGHT VEHILCLE USA - ELIZABETHTOWN | ELIZABETHTOWN | Zinc compounds, Nickel compounds | 140k lb |
| AKEBONO - ELIZABETHTOWN PLANT | ELIZABETHTOWN | Zinc compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 57k lb |
| MOUSER CABINETRY LLC | ELIZABETHTOWN | n-Butyl alcohol, Toluene | 21k lb |
| DOW SILICONES CORP | ELIZABETHTOWN | Methanol, Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 17k lb |
| CYTECH PRODUCTS INC | ELIZABETHTOWN | Zinc compounds | 399 lb |
| ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC | ELIZABETHTOWN | Manganese | 98 lb |
| A STUCKI CO D/B/A STUCKI ROLLER BEARING | ELIZABETHTOWN | Chromium | 45 lb |
| AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS | ELIZABETHTOWN | Copper compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 36 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 305 tank facilities in Hardin: 229 tanks in service and 733 closed. 223 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hardin 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 Hardin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DISTLER BRICKYARDWEST POINT
- ELIZABETHTOWN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANINGELIZABETHTOWN
- HOWE VALLEY LANDFILLHOWE VALLEY
- HUB CITY CLEANERSELIZABETHTOWN
- KENTUCKY INDUSTRIAL HAULERSELIZABETHTOWN
- MIDDLETON, CARLIE METAL YARDSONORA
- SONORA SITESONORA
- US ARMY GARRISON FORT KNOXFORT KNOX