Nash County, NC
The federal environmental record for Nash County (population 96,551): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
119
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Nash 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ROCKY MOUNT, CITY OF NC0464010 | PFOS: 9.4 ng/L PFOA: 8.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| NASHVILLE, TOWN OF NC0464020 | PFOS: 490 ng/L PFHxS: 35 ng/L PFOA: 6.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| CENTRAL NASH WATER & SEWER NC4064005 | PFOS: 10.2 ng/L PFOA: 6.3 ng/L PFBA: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Nash filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 28k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSAL LEAF N.A. US INC | NASHVILLE | Nicotine and salts | 16k lb |
| HUBBELL LENOIR CITY ROCKY MOUNT | ROCKY MOUNT | Styrene | 5k lb |
| CONSOLIDATED DIESEL CO | WHITAKERS | Naphthalene | 4k lb |
| SEPRO RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS | WHITAKERS | Copper And Copper Compounds | 1k lb |
| DRAKA ELEVATOR PRODUCT INC. | ROCKY MOUNT | Antimony compounds | 1k lb |
| KABA ILCO CORP | ROCKY MOUNT | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 165 lb |
| BELT CONCEPTS OF AMERICA INC | SPRING HOPE | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) | 8 lb |
| W&W-AFCO STEEL LLC | NASHVILLE | Manganese | 5 lb |
| CLAYTON NASHVILLE | NASHVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| PERDUE FOODS LLC - NASHVILLE FEED MILL | NASHVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| AMERICAN COMPUTER DEVELOPMENT INC | NASHVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| NEW STANDARD CORP | ROCKY MOUNT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 479 tank facilities in Nash: 377 tanks in service and 1,073 closed. 336 fuel releases are on record, of which 119 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Nash 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 Nash, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MASONITE CORP FIBERBOARD DIVSPRING HOPE
- ROCKY MOUNT COAL GAS PLANT NO. 2ROCKY MOUNT