Cherokee County, NC
The federal environmental record for Cherokee County (population 29,959): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Cherokee 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 Cherokee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 187 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM INDUSTRIES ANDREWS INC. | ANDREWS | Propylene | 186 lb |
| SOUTHERN CONCRETE MATERIALS-ANDREWS PLANT | ANDREWS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lb |
| SNAP-ON POWER TOOLS INC. | MURPHY | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 104 tank facilities in Cherokee: 81 tanks in service and 240 closed. 61 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cherokee as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Cherokee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HIWASSEE HYDRO PLANTMURPHY
- HOLLAND FARM ROAD MERCURY SPILLANDREWS