Geauga County, OH
The federal environmental record for Geauga County (population 95,407): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Geauga 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)
17 facilities in Geauga filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 58k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEM TECHNOLOGIES LTD. | MIDDLEFIELD | Zinc compounds, 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 22k lb |
| ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS | MIDDLEFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 13k lb |
| LANXESS CORP PLANT 2 | CHARDON | Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds | 11k lb |
| HB CHEMICAL - RAVAGO CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION INC | NEWBURY | Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds | 3k lb |
| CABINETWORKS GROUP MIDDLEFIELD PLANT 1 | MIDDLEFIELD | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| CHARDON CUSTOM POLYMERS | CHARDON | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| TARKETT USA DBA JOHNSONITE RUBBER FLOORING | MIDDLEFIELD | Zinc compounds | 854 lb |
| HEXPOL MIDDLEFIELD | MIDDLEFIELD | Zinc compounds | 750 lb |
| NOF METAL COATINGS N.A. | CHARDON | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Zinc (fume or dust) | 559 lb |
| HEXPOL COMPOUNDING BURTON RUBBER PROCESSING | BURTON | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 180 lb |
| LANXESS CORP PLANT 1 | CHARDON | Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds | 17 lb |
| LUXIUM SOLUTIONS | NEWBURY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 14 lb |
| TARKETT USA INC DBA JOHNSONITE | CHAGRIN FALLS | Zinc compounds | 9 lb |
| ROYAL ADHESIVES & SEALANTS | CHAGRIN FALLS | Diisocyanates | 5 lb |
| TROY CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC | BURTON | - | 0 lb |
| DURAMAX MARINE | HIRAM | - | 0 lb |
| SOLON MANUFACTURING CO | CHARDON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 168 tank facilities in Geauga: 147 tanks in service and 322 closed. 235 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Geauga 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 Geauga, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CAW FORMER GUN RANGEHAMBDEN
- CLARIDIN-TROY ROAD MERCURY SPILLBURTON
- CLARK ROAD DRUM SITECHARDON
- RUSSELL STEWART DRUM SITECHARDON
- THOMPSON GROUNDWATERTHOMPSON