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Forsyth County, NC

The federal environmental record for Forsyth County (population 392,921): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

12

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

21

TRI facilities

264

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Forsyth 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)

21 facilities in Forsyth filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 702k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
ARDAGH METAL BEVERAGE USA INC RE: WINSTON SALEM PLANTWINSTON SALEMCertain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol318k lb
SIEMENS ENERGY WINSTON SERVICE CENTERRURAL HALLChromium, Copper130k lb
INGREDION INC - WINSTON SALEM PLANTWINSTON SALEMHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Acetaldehyde74k lb
TEX-TECH COATINGS LLCKERNERSVILLEToluene, N,N-Dimethylformamide47k lb
R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO WHITAKER PARKWINSTON SALEMNicotine and salts37k lb
TRISEAL OPCO LLC - POLO ROAD COMPLEXWINSTON SALEMN-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone20k lb
R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO TVILLTOBACCOVILLENicotine and salts, 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123)19k lb
CLARIOS LLCKERNERSVILLELead And Lead Compounds, Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds16k lb
CRES TOBACCO CO INCKINGNicotine and salts, Ammonia12k lb
ALLIANCE ONE N.A. - RECON FACILITYWINSTON SALEMNicotine and salts12k lb
AMERICAN SNUFF CO LLC TAYLOR BROTHERS DIVWINSTON SALEMNicotine and salts8k lb
STRATFORD METAL FINISHING INCWINSTON SALEMNitric acid, Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds6k lb
JOHN DEERE KERNERSVILLE LLCKERNERSVILLEManganese, Lead3k lb
PROGRESS RAILWINSTON SALEMNickel, Manganese2k lb
POWERLAB INCWINSTON SALEMLead And Lead Compounds197 lb
DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA PET DAIRYWINSTON SALEMNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid10 lb
THE HARRIS PRODUCTS GROUP/WINSTON SALEMWINSTON SALEM-0 lb
CONCRETE SUPPLY CO LLC - LOWERY STWINSTON SALEMLead And Lead Compounds0 lb
SOUTH-EAST LUMBER COKERNERSVILLE-0 lb
CENTRAL CAROLINA CONCRETE LLC WINSTON-SALEMWINSTON SALEMLead And Lead Compounds0 lb
DOWNTOWN CONCRETE PLANTWINSTON SALEMLead0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 935 tank facilities in Forsyth: 808 tanks in service and 2,214 closed. 1,023 fuel releases are on record, of which 264 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Forsyth 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Forsyth, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • DOUGLAS BATTERY ACID SPILLWINSTON SALEM
  • DOUGLAS BATTERY ACID SPILLWINSTON SALEM
  • JEA ENTERPRISE DRUMWINSTON SALEM
  • JOHNSON CONTROLS GLOBE BATTERY DIVWINSTON-SALEM
  • NOVANT MERCURY RELEASEWINSTON-SALEM
  • OGBURN DRY CLEANERSWINSTON-SALEM
  • P& B DISTRIBUTION CHEMICAL FIREWINSTON-SALEM
  • QUARTER MASTER AUTO DETAILKERNERSVILLE
  • RONNEX INCKERNERSVILLE
  • VALLEYSTREAM RD MERCURY SPILLWINSTON-SALEM
  • VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) WINSTON SALEMWINSTON-SALEM
  • WINSTON WEAVER CO., INC.WINSTON-SALEM