Moore County, NC
The federal environmental record for Moore County (population 106,898): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
47
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Contaminated Ground Water | Aberdeen | on the NPL | 09/03/2008 |
| Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps | Aberdeen | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
| Geigy Chemical Corp. (Aberdeen Plant) | Aberdeen | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Moore 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN, TOWN OF NC0363020 | PFBS: 25.9 ng/L PFOS: 8.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MOORE CO PUBLIC UTIL-PINEHURST NC0363108 | PFPeA: 18.8 ng/L PFHxA: 18.3 ng/L PFBS: 13.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| EAST MOORE WATER DISTRICT NC5063011 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFHxA: 9.7 ng/L PFPeA: 9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Moore filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 99 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORP | ABERDEEN | Copper | 99 lb |
| PERDUE FOODS LLC - CANDOR FEEDMILL/EAGLE SPRINGS HATCHERY | CANDOR | - | 0 lb |
| INGERSOLL RAND | SOUTHERN PINES | Lead | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - ABERDEEN | ABERDEEN | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 275 tank facilities in Moore: 198 tanks in service and 611 closed. 118 fuel releases are on record, of which 47 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Moore 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 Moore, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABERDEEN CONTAMINATED GROUND WATERABERDEEN
- ABERDEEN PESTICIDE DUMPSABERDEEN
- CANDLEWICK RD LEAD SITEABERDEEN
- CAROLINA GALVANIZING CORPABERDEEN
- CRESTLINE CONTAMINATED WELLABERDEEN
- GEIGY CHEMICAL CORP. (ABERDEEN PLANT)ABERDEEN
- SCM PROCTOR SILEXSOUTHERN PINES