Cleveland County, NC
The federal environmental record for Cleveland County (population 101,378): 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
6
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
20
TRI facilities
57
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celanese Corp. (Shelby Fiber Operations) | Shelby | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cleveland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GRASSY POND WATER CORPORATION NC2023003 | PFOS: 16 ng/L PFOA: 13 ng/L PFPeA: 9.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| KINGS MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF NC0123020 | PFHxA: 6.8 ng/L PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Cleveland filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.2M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMES COPPER GROUP LLC | SHELBY | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 878k lb |
| EATON CORP TRANSMISSION DIV | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Nickel, Manganese | 120k lb |
| VOLVO - KINGS MOUNTAIN OPERATIONS | GROVER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Zinc compounds | 84k lb |
| CORMETECH INC. | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Arsenic, Vanadium (except when contained in an alloy) | 69k lb |
| ALBEMARLE | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Lithium carbonate, n-Hexane | 20k lb |
| ELECTRIC GLASS FIBER AMERICA LLC | SHELBY | Methanol, Lead | 17k lb |
| CURTISS-WRIGHT | SHELBY | 1-Bromopropane, Lead And Lead Compounds | 12k lb |
| CNA HOLDINGS LLC-SHELBY | GROVER | Ethylene glycol, Phenol | 10k lb |
| KINGS MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL INC. | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 7k lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN - GPD | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Chromium, Nickel compounds | 2k lb |
| METALSAMERICA | SHELBY | Copper, Zinc compounds | 269 lb |
| GREENHECK FAN CORP - SHELBY CAMPUS | SHELBY | Manganese, Copper | 8 lb |
| GREENHECK FAN CORP - KINGS MOUNTAIN | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Manganese, Copper | 3 lb |
| ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORP | SHELBY | Lead | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO - SHELBY | SHELBY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| KSM CASTINGS USA INC | SHELBY | Copper, Lead | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO - KINGS MOUTAIN | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| BLACHFORD RP CORP | KINGS MOUNTAIN | - | 0 lb |
| KENDRION(SHELBY) IN | SHELBY | - | 0 lb |
| BLUEDOT-READI-MIX-SHELBY (PLANT #106) | SHELBY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 431 tank facilities in Cleveland: 331 tanks in service and 982 closed. 300 fuel releases are on record, of which 57 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cleveland 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 Cleveland, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CELANESE CORP. (SHELBY FIBER OPERATIONS)SHELBY
- CROWDERS MTN STATE PARK DRUMSKINGS MOUNTAIN
- DAWSON CONSUMER PRODUCTSKINGS MOUNTAIN
- L & R OIL RECOVERYSHELBY
- MARION STREET MERCURY SPILLSHELBY
- SPECTRUM DYED YARNS, INC., KINGS MOUNTAIN PLAKINGS MOUNTAIN