McCracken County, KY
The federal environmental record for McCracken County (population 67,490): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (USDOE) | Paducah | on the NPL | 05/31/1994 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving McCracken 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PADUCAH WATER WORKS KY0730533 | PFOS: 8.1 ng/L PFBA: 7.3 ng/L PFOA: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in McCracken filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. TVA SHAWNEE FOSSIL PLANT | WEST PADUCAH | Barium And Barium Compounds, Hydrogen fluoride | 2.3M lb |
| ARCOSA MARINE PRODUCTS INC PLT 1245 | PADUCAH | Styrene | 74k lb |
| US DOE PADUCAH SITE | KEVIL | Hydrogen fluoride | 9k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - PADUCAH KY TERMINAL | PADUCAH | n-Hexane, Toluene | 2k lb |
| JSC TERMINAL LLC (DBA MIDWEST TERMINAL) | PADUCAH | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1k lb |
| PRECISION MACHINE INC | PADUCAH | Nickel, Chromium | 598 lb |
| BEST BLOCK - PADUCAH KY PLANT | PADUCAH | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 361 tank facilities in McCracken: 162 tanks in service and 890 closed. 289 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps McCracken 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 McCracken, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ACC ENTERPRISEPADUCAH
- CAIRO ROAD AMMONIA RELEASEPADUCAH
- PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT (USDOE)KEVIL
- US TVA SHAWNEE FOSSIL PLANTWEST PADUCAH