Alcorn County, MS
The federal environmental record for Alcorn County (population 34,135): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Alcorn 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF CORINTH, MS MS0020002 | PFOS: 10.6 ng/L PFBA: 10 ng/L PFOA: 8.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Alcorn filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 224k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATERPILLAR REMAN DIV | CORINTH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nickel | 216k lb |
| MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS INC | CORINTH | Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds | 9k lb |
| KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING CO | GLEN | Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds | 183 lb |
| AYRSHIRE ELECTRONICS | CORINTH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 153 tank facilities in Alcorn: 101 tanks in service and 330 closed. 48 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Alcorn 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.
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