Bladen County, NC
The federal environmental record for Bladen County (population 29,484): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bladen 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP - TAR HEEL NC0309527 | PFBA: 7.2 ng/L PFOS: 6.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| ELIZABETHTOWN, TOWN OF NC0309010 | PFHxS: 5 ng/L | detected |
| BLADEN CO WTR DIST-EAST BLADEN NC0309060 | HFPO-DA: 13.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Bladen filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP - TAR HEEL | TAR HEEL | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 3.7M lb |
| CHEMOURS CO - FAYETTEVILLE WORKS | FAYETTEVILLE | Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 292k lb |
| DUPONT FAYETTEVILLE | FAYETTEVILLE | Vinyl fluoride | 56k lb |
| KURARAY AMERICA-FAYETTEVILLE | FAYETTEVILLE | Ethylene glycol, Methanol | 576 lb |
| MURPHY-BROWN LLC BLADEBORO FEED MILL | BLADENBORO | Zinc (fume or dust), Manganese | 14 lb |
| CAMPBELL OIL & GAS CO. | ELIZABETHTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| S&W ELIZABETHTOWN PLANT | ELIZABETHTOWN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 158 tank facilities in Bladen: 97 tanks in service and 427 closed. 70 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bladen 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 Bladen, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- EAST ARCADIATRAIN DERAILMENTEAST ARCADIA
- NORRIS ROAD CYLINDERSGARLAND
- SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP. - TAR HEELTAR HEEL