Granville County, NC
The federal environmental record for Granville County (population 62,192): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
48
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristex Drum | Oxford | on the NPL | 12/12/2013 |
| JFD Electronics/Channel Master | Oxford | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Granville 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OXFORD, CITY OF NC0239010 | PFBA: 7.3 ng/L PFOS: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTH GRANVILLE WTR&SEWER AUTHORITY NC0239107 | PFOS: 19 ng/L PFOA: 11 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Granville filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 184k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERTAINTEED CORP. | OXFORD | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Copper And Copper Compounds | 163k lb |
| U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP BUTNER RANGE | STEM | Lead | 10k lb |
| ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC. | CREEDMOOR | Styrene, Manganese | 7k lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX | BUTNER | Lead | 2k lb |
| REVLON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORP | OXFORD | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| BRIDGESTONE BANDAG LLC OXFORD PLANT | OXFORD | Zinc compounds | 924 lb |
| J P TAYLOR CO LLC | OXFORD | Nicotine and salts | 373 lb |
| SUNROCK INDUSTRIES LLC - BUTNER | BUTNER | Lead And Lead Compounds | 47 lb |
| CONCRETE PIPE & PRECAST | OXFORD | Lead | 5 lb |
| IDEAL FASTENER CORP | OXFORD | - | 0 lb |
| CLAYTON OXFORD | OXFORD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 196 tank facilities in Granville: 142 tanks in service and 460 closed. 139 fuel releases are on record, of which 48 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Granville 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 Granville, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CRISTEX DRUMOXFORD
- JFD ELECTRONICS/CHANNEL MASTEROXFORD