Logan County, KY
The federal environmental record for Logan County (population 27,877): 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
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Lace Leather Co., Inc. | Auburn | deleted | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Logan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RUSSELLVILLE MUN WATER WORKS KY0710378 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Logan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 340k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGAN ALUMINUM INC | RUSSELLVILLE | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Aluminum (fume or dust) | 323k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. | RUSSELLVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 9k lb |
| RUSSELLVILLE ENGINEERED CASTINGS INC | RUSSELLVILLE | Copper, Aluminum (fume or dust) | 6k lb |
| CARPENTER CO. | RUSSELLVILLE | Diisocyanates, Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| CHAMPION PETFOODS USA INC | AUBURN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 140 tank facilities in Logan: 57 tanks in service and 349 closed. 108 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Logan 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 Logan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CALDWELL LACE LEATHER CO., INC.AUBURN
- KEYSBURG IND DUMPKEYSBURG
- TVA/HOMER L OWENS SUBSTATION CAPACITORSRUSSELLVILLE