Wilson County, NC
The federal environmental record for Wilson County (population 78,970): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
99
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Wilson 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)
7 facilities in Wilson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 288k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS LLC | WILSON | Zinc compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 144k lb |
| ALLIANCE ONE N.A. LLC | WILSON | Nicotine and salts, Ammonia | 124k lb |
| KIDDE AEROSPACE & DEFENSE | WILSON | Bromotrifluoromethane (Halon 1301), Bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211) | 11k lb |
| ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS LLC | WILSON | Nicotine and salts, Ammonia | 9k lb |
| LINAMAR FORGING CAROLINA | WILSON | Nickel, Chromium | 3 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - WILSON | WILSON | - | 0 lb |
| RINKER WILSON PIPE | WILSON | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 364 tank facilities in Wilson: 253 tanks in service and 834 closed. 283 fuel releases are on record, of which 99 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wilson 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 Wilson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- NATIONAL PIN SERVICESARATOGA
- RALPH L. FIKE HIGH SCHOOLWILSON
- TOISNOT SWAMPWILSON
- WATER GUARDWILSON