Vance County, NC
The federal environmental record for Vance County (population 42,301): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
45
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Vance 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON-KERR LAKE REG WTR NC0291010 | PFOS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Vance filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 33k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARDAGH GLASS INC | HENDERSON | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia | 32k lb |
| EASTERN MINERALS INC | HENDERSON | Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 750 lb |
| SUNROCK INDUSTRIES LLC - KITTRELL | KITTRELL | Lead And Lead Compounds | 16 lb |
| KENNAMETAL INC | HENDERSON | Cobalt | 6 lb |
| DOMAN TUCKER LUMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA LLC | HENDERSON | - | 0 lb |
| MARS PETCARE US INC. | HENDERSON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 224 tank facilities in Vance: 206 tanks in service and 475 closed. 138 fuel releases are on record, of which 45 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Vance 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 Vance, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- VANCE COUNTY DRUM FIREHENDERSON
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERCURYHENDERSON