Rockingham County, NC
The federal environmental record for Rockingham County (population 92,518): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
85
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Rockingham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| REIDSVILLE, CITY OF NC0279020 | PFOS: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Rockingham filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 859k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDEN CUSTOM PROCESSING LLC | EDEN | Ethylene glycol, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 731k lb |
| PINE HALL BRICK CO INC | MADISON | Hydrogen fluoride, Ammonia | 82k lb |
| STURM RUGER & CO INC | MAYODAN | Lead, Chromium | 18k lb |
| LOPAREX INC | EDEN | Toluene | 14k lb |
| CLEAN HARBORS REIDSVILLE LLC | REIDSVILLE | Lead, Mercury | 12k lb |
| NESTLE' PURINA | EDEN | Manganese, Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| DYSTAR LP | REIDSVILLE | Cyclohexane | 10 lb |
| DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS LLC - ROCKINGHAM COUNTY CT FACILITY | REIDSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 447 tank facilities in Rockingham: 400 tanks in service and 1,021 closed. 368 fuel releases are on record, of which 85 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rockingham as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Rockingham, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN WAREHOUSEEDEN
- CAMP SPRING ROAD METH RESPONSEREIDSVILLE
- EDEN NC COAL ASH SPILLEDEN