Cumberland County, NC
The federal environmental record for Cumberland County (population 337,890): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
13
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
120
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Wood Preserving | Fayetteville | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Carolina Transformer Co. | Fayetteville | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cumberland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM NC0326010 | PFOS: 21.8 ng/L PFPeA: 21.5 ng/L PFHxS: 19.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPRING LAKE, TOWN OF NC0326020 | PFOS: 15.6 ng/L PFPeA: 14.9 ng/L PFHxA: 12.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| BROOKWOOD COMM WTR SYSTEM NC0326127 | PFBS: 63.3 ng/L PFOS: 33.3 ng/L PFOA: 27.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| CLIFFDALE WEST NC0326332 | PFOS: 19.5 ng/L PFOA: 16.3 ng/L PFHxS: 12.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| OLD NORTH UTILITIES SERVICES/FT BRAGG NC5026019 | PFOS: 14.3 ng/L PFPeA: 10.3 ng/L PFHxA: 9.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| EASTOVER SANITARY DISTRICT NC5026027 | PFOS: 14 ng/L PFOA: 10.1 ng/L PFPeA: 9.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Cumberland filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.0M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARGILL INC | FAYETTEVILLE | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 407k lb |
| U.S. ARMY FORT BRAGG | FORT BRAGG | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 350k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC - FAYETTEVILLE FACILITY | FAYETTEVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chlorine dioxide | 113k lb |
| HEXION INC-FAYETTEVILLE FACILITY | FAYETTEVILLE | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 71k lb |
| ALPEK POLYESTER USA LLC | FAYETTEVILLE | Ethylene glycol, 1,4-Dioxane | 49k lb |
| MANN + HUMMEL PUROLATOR FILTERS LLC | FAYETTEVILLE | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP), Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 35k lb |
| AMERICAN PHOENIX INC. | FAYETTEVILLE | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 4k lb |
| THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO FAYETTEVILLE PLANT | FAYETTEVILLE | Zinc compounds, Lead compounds | 1k lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC | FAYETTEVILLE | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Lead compounds | 65 lb |
| STEELFAB OF FAYETTEVILLE | FAYETTEVILLE | Manganese, Chromium | 37 lb |
| EATON - FAYETTEVILLE | FAYETTEVILLE | Lead, Copper | 6 lb |
| S&W FAYETTEVILLE PLANT | FAYETTEVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| S&W SPRING LAKE PLANT | SPRING LAKE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 650 tank facilities in Cumberland: 619 tanks in service and 1,434 closed. 388 fuel releases are on record, of which 120 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cumberland 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 Cumberland, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 301 ENVIRONMENTAL SITESTEDMAN
- CAPE FEAR WOOD PRESERVINGFAYETTEVILLE
- CAROLINA TRANSFORMER CO.FAYETTEVILLE
- FAYETTEVILLE COAL GAS PLANTFAYETTEVILLE
- HEXION INC. - FAYETTEVILLE FACILITYFAYETTEVILLE
- I-95 PITTMAN TRANSPORT INCIDENTFAYETTEVILLE
- MONTCLAIR RD MERCURYFAYETTEVILLE
- PIONEER DRIVE MERCURY SPILLHOPE MILLS
- POPE AIR FORCE BASEFAYETTEVILLE
- ROCK SPRINGS ROAD CHLORINE RESPONSEFAYETTEVILLE
- SPRING LAKE FIRE DEPT MERCURYSPRING LAKE
- US ARMY FORT BRAGGFORT BRAGG
- WOODY'S SALVAGE YARDVANDER