Caldwell County, NC
The federal environmental record for Caldwell County (population 80,574): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
49
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Caldwell 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)
7 facilities in Caldwell filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 185k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC-HUDSON OPP PLANT | HUDSON | Toluene | 120k lb |
| RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP INC | HUDSON | Copper compounds, Zinc compounds | 27k lb |
| TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES NORTH CAROLINA COMPOSITES LL | LENOIR | Styrene, Zinc compounds | 19k lb |
| NEPTCO INC | LENOIR | Toluene | 10k lb |
| LENOIR MIRROR CO | LENOIR | Lead And Lead Compounds | 7k lb |
| BRENNTAG MIDSOUTH INC | LENOIR | Methanol, Ammonia | 2k lb |
| BEMIS MANUFACTURING | LENOIR | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 299 tank facilities in Caldwell: 236 tanks in service and 747 closed. 243 fuel releases are on record, of which 49 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Caldwell 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 Caldwell, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BRASWELL PLACE MERCURY SPILLLENOIR
- CALDWELL SYSTEMS INCLENOIR
- DAFCO TOTESHUDSON
- LENOIR ABANDONED DRUMSLENOIR
- OAKHILL PCB (JOHN CHURCH SITE)LENOIR
- RONNIE'S BODY SHOPLENOIR
- SINGER PLANTLENOIR
- WHITNEL SCHOOL MERCURY RELEASELENOIR