Surry County, NC
The federal environmental record for Surry County (population 71,462): 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
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
67
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Surry reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Surry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 621k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNHARDT MANUFACTURING CO NCFI POLYURETHANES DIV | MOUNT AIRY | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, 1,2-Dichloroethylene | 285k lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - DOBSON FRESH PLANT | DOBSON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 229k lb |
| WEYERHAEUSER NR CO-ELKIN PLANT | ELKIN | Methanol, Phenol | 107k lb |
| CARPENTER CO. - MT. AIRY NC | MOUNT AIRY | Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate | 70 lb |
| OTTENWELLER CO INC | MOUNT AIRY | Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 10 lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - ELKIN FEEDMILL | ELKIN | - | 0 lb |
| PERDUE FOODS INC - ELKIN FEED MILL | ELKIN | - | 0 lb |
| ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC. - MOUNT AIRY FACILITY | MOUNT AIRY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 359 tank facilities in Surry: 241 tanks in service and 916 closed. 337 fuel releases are on record, of which 67 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Surry as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Surry, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BRAY'S RECAPPING SERVICE INCORPORATEDMT AIRY
- PILOT MOUNTAIN TIRE FIREPILOT MOUNTAIN