Northampton County, NC
The federal environmental record for Northampton County (population 16,715): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Northampton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NORTHAMPTON--LAKE GASTON NC0466110 | PFOS: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Northampton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 118k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC | CONWAY | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 111k lb |
| RESINALL CORP | SEVERN | Dicyclopentadiene | 7k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 172 tank facilities in Northampton: 82 tanks in service and 410 closed. 88 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Northampton 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 Northampton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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