Lincoln County, NC
The federal environmental record for Lincoln County (population 95,675): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
35
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lincoln 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LINCOLNTON, CITY OF NC0155010 | PFOA: 6.1 ng/L PFHxA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| LINCOLN COUNTY WTP NC0155035 | PFOA: 5.7 ng/L PFHxA: 5.3 ng/L PFPeA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Lincoln filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 58k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMKEN CO LINCOLNTON BEARING PLANT | IRON STATION | Sodium nitrite, Manganese | 49k lb |
| ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORP | LINCOLNTON | Certain glycol ethers, Lead | 8k lb |
| CATALER N.A. CORP | LINCOLNTON | Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1k lb |
| CONCRETE PIPE & PRECAST - DENVER | DENVER | Lead | 91 lb |
| BLUM INC | STANLEY | Copper, Lead | 3 lb |
| DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS LLC - LINCOLN CT STATION | STANLEY | - | 0 lb |
| HUBER TECHNOLOGY INC. | DENVER | - | 0 lb |
| SWS CONCRETE-LAKE NORMAN PLANT | STANLEY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| ARGOS READY MIX DENVER CONCRETE PLANT | DENVER | Lead | 0 lb |
| WIREWAY/HUSKY CORP. | DENVER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 196 tank facilities in Lincoln: 214 tanks in service and 419 closed. 161 fuel releases are on record, of which 35 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lincoln 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 Lincoln, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CELADON LAGOON CLOSURELINCOLNTON
- DUKE ENERGY LINCOLNTON TRANSFORMER RELEASELINCOLNTON
- H & S PROCESSORS INCLINCOLNTON
- SOUTHSIDE DRIVE WATER WELLSLINCOLNTON