Belmont County, OH
The federal environmental record for Belmont County (population 64,918): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Reclamation | St. Clairsville | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Belmont 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BARNESVILLE, OH OH0700011 | PFOA: 8.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| MARTINS FERRY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OH0701212 | PFOA: 6.1 ng/L PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| ST. CLAIRSVILLE, CITY OF PWS OH0701516 | PFOA: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHADYSIDE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OH0701612 | PFBS: 11 ng/L PFHxS: 11 ng/L PFOA: 6 ng/L | above final limit |
| BELLAIRE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OH0700114 | PFBS: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Belmont filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURF CARE SUPPLY LLC. | MARTINS FERRY | Pendimethalin, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 3k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 207 tank facilities in Belmont: 204 tanks in service and 469 closed. 276 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Belmont 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 Belmont, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BELLAIRE WELLFIELDBELLAIRE
- BELMONT COUNTY FLOOD RESPONSE - HAZMATST. CLAIRSVILLE
- BLUE RIBBON PAINTN. OF VILLAGE BLAINE
- BUCKEYE RECLAMATIONSAINT CLAIRSVILLE
- FORMER STATE CLEANERS FACILITYMARTINS FERRY
- MARTINS FERRY TANKMARTINS FERRY
- RG STEEL WHEELING LLCMARTINS FERRY
- WHEELING BRAKE BRAND & MANUFACTURING, INC.BRIDGEPORT
- WHEELING BRAKE BRAND & MANUFACTURING, INC.BRIDGEPORT
- XTO ENERGY WELL BLOWOUTPOWHATAN POINT