Jackson County, OH
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 32,606): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, CITY OF OH4000111 | PFBA: 9.3 ng/L | detected |
| WELLSTON CITY PWS OH4001912 | PFPeA: 20.2 ng/L PFBA: 8.1 ng/L PFHxA: 6.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 75k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSCO INDUSTRIES INC JACKSON DIV | JACKSON | Ammonia, Phenol | 63k lb |
| BELLISIO FOODS | JACKSON | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| GENERAL MILLS INC | WELLSTON | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| NOCK & SON CO | OAK HILL | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 85 tank facilities in Jackson: 97 tanks in service and 189 closed. 100 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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