Anson County, NC
The federal environmental record for Anson County (population 21,897): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Anson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM NC0304010 | PFOS: 5.5 ng/L PFPeA: 4.6 ng/L PFOA: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
| WADESBORO, TOWN OF NC0304020 | PFBA: 6.7 ng/L PFOS: 5.2 ng/L PFHxA: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Anson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC - WADESBORO FACILITY | WADESBORO | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3k lb |
| PERDUE AGRIBUSINESS LLC - ANSONVILLE NC ANIMAL NUTRITION | ANSONVILLE | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 50 lb |
| TRIANGLE BRICK-WADESBORO | WADESBORO | Lead compounds | 2 lb |
| ADAMS AN OLDCASTLE CO-LILESVILLE | LILESVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - CHARLOTTE NC PLANT | PEACHLAND | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 130 tank facilities in Anson: 104 tanks in service and 264 closed. 31 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Anson 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 Anson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) WADESBOROWADESBORO