Ashe County, NC
The federal environmental record for Ashe County (population 27,063): 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
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
31
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Knob Mine | Ashe County | on the NPL | 09/23/2009 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Ashe 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)
3 facilities in Ashe filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 15k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALCORE GROUP INC. DBA AMERICAN EMERGENCY VEHICLES | JEFFERSON | Toluene | 13k lb |
| UNITED CHEMI-CON INC | LANSING | Ethylene glycol | 2k lb |
| GE AEROSPACE WEST JEFFERSON | WEST JEFFERSON | Nickel, Cobalt | 9 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 106 tank facilities in Ashe: 96 tanks in service and 237 closed. 88 fuel releases are on record, of which 31 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ashe 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 Ashe, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ORE KNOB MINEASHE COUNTY
- WILLIAMS DRIVEORE KNOB