Davidson County, NC
The federal environmental record for Davidson County (population 174,804): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
148
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Davidson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| THOMASVILLE, CITY OF NC0229020 | PFOS: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT NC0229035 | PFBA: 6.2 ng/L PFOS: 4.1 ng/L PFBS: 3.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Davidson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 48k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNILIN FLOORING | THOMASVILLE | Formaldehyde | 26k lb |
| EGGER - LEXINGTON PARTICLEBOARD PLANT | LINWOOD | Ammonia, Methanol | 13k lb |
| KURZ TRANSFER PRODUCTS LP | LEXINGTON | Toluene, Ethylbenzene | 4k lb |
| ELECTRIC GLASS FIBER AMERICA LLC | LEXINGTON | Methanol, Lead | 2k lb |
| AURORA PLASTICS - WELCOME PLANT | LEXINGTON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Antimony compounds | 2k lb |
| BRASSCRAFT - THOMASVILLE | THOMASVILLE | Copper And Copper Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC - PLANT #06 | LEXINGTON | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead compounds | 599 lb |
| SOUTHERN RESIN | THOMASVILLE | Vinyl acetate, Formaldehyde | 321 lb |
| MW MANUFACTURERS INC. | LEXINGTON | Diisocyanates | 130 lb |
| ASCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES | WELCOME | Chromium, Manganese | 60 lb |
| WILDERNESS NC INC | LEXINGTON | Lead compounds | 3 lb |
| RINKER THOMASVILLE PIPE | THOMASVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| FOLEY PRODUCTS CO - WINSTON-SALEM | WINSTON SALEM | Lead | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - THOMASVILLE PLANT | ARCHDALE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| POTTERS INDUSTRIES LLC -THOMASVILLE | THOMASVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| CARTER MILLWORK INC. | LEXINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL & CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP INC. DBA G | WELCOME | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 513 tank facilities in Davidson: 414 tanks in service and 1,194 closed. 525 fuel releases are on record, of which 148 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Davidson 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 Davidson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BATTERY TECH (DURACELL-LEXINGTON)LEXINGTON
- BYERLY DRUMLEXINGTON
- COMPONENT CONCEPTSTHOMASVILLE
- SOUTH STATE STREET DRUM SITELEXINGTON
- SOUTHERN RESIN, INC.THOMASVILLE
- STEELE PROPERTY DRUMTHOMASVILLE
- TRIPLE PLATINGTHOMASVILLE