Stanly County, NC
The federal environmental record for Stanly County (population 65,699): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
41
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Stanly 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALBEMARLE, CITY OF NC0184010 | PFHxA: 4.3 ng/L PFOS: 4.3 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORWOOD, TOWN OF NC0184015 | PFOS: 5.1 ng/L PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| PFEIFFER-N STANLY WATER ASSOC NC0184025 | PFOS: 5.5 ng/L PFHxA: 5.3 ng/L PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST NC0184035 | PFOS: 5.7 ng/L PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Stanly filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 722k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLOTTE PIPE & FOUNDRY CO | OAKBORO | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Ammonia | 719k lb |
| MICHELIN AIRCRAFT TIRE CO MICHELIN NORTH DIV | NORWOOD | Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS | ALBEMARLE | Diisocyanates, Lead | 320 lb |
| CONCRETE PIPE & PRECAST LLC-OAKBORO PLANT | OAKBORO | Lead | 181 lb |
| FIBER COMPOSITES LLC | NEW LONDON | Lead | 122 lb |
| H W CULP LUMBER CO | NEW LONDON | Lead | 22 lb |
| STANLY ENGINEERED FASTENING | STANFIELD | Nickel, Chromium | 2 lb |
| SCHULT RICHFIELD | RICHFIELD | - | 0 lb |
| MCKENZIE SPORTS PRODUCTS LLC DBA MARTIN INDUSTRIES | ALBEMARLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 249 tank facilities in Stanly: 174 tanks in service and 561 closed. 193 fuel releases are on record, of which 41 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Stanly 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 Stanly, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CITY OF ALBEMARLEALBEMARLE