Strafford County, NH
The federal environmental record for Strafford County (population 133,243): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
49
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins & Aikman Plant (Former) | Farmington | on the NPL | 12/12/2013 |
| Dover Municipal Landfill | Dover | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Somersworth Sanitary Landfill | Somersworth | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Tibbetts Road | Barrington | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Strafford 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)
12 facilities in Strafford filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 13k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURBOCAM INC. | BARRINGTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 7k lb |
| EASTERN BOATS INC. | MILTON | Styrene | 5k lb |
| JAEGER USA INC. | ROCHESTER | Toluene | 755 lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD STRAFFORD TRAINING SITE RANGE | STRAFFORD | Lead | 14 lb |
| TURBOCAM ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC | DOVER | Nickel, Chromium | 8 lb |
| LAARS HEATING SYSTEMS | ROCHESTER | Manganese | 5 lb |
| TURBOCAM INTERNATIONAL | BARRINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| SIG SAUER | DURHAM | - | 0 lb |
| SIG SAUER INC ROCHESTER | ROCHESTER | Nickel, Chromium | 0 lb |
| VISHAY-HIREL SYSTEMS LLC (FORMERLY D T MAGNETICS) | DOVER | - | 0 lb |
| BROX INDUSTRIES INC | ROCHESTER | Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
| JANCO ELECTRONICS INC | ROLLINSFORD | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 330 tank facilities in Strafford: 182 tanks in service and 874 closed. 191 fuel releases are on record, of which 49 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Strafford 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 Strafford, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CALCUTT LANDFILLDOVER
- CARDINAL LANDFILLFARMINGTON
- COLLINS & AIKMAN PLANT (FORMER)FARMINGTON
- DOVER MUNICIPAL LANDFILLDOVER
- MERRYMEETING ROAD DRUM SITENEW DURHAM
- MILTONIA MANAGEMENT INC.(GREENE TANNERY)MILTON
- SOMERSWORTH SANITARY LANDFILLSOMERSWORTH
- TIBBETTS ROADBARRINGTON