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Jefferson County, OH

The federal environmental record for Jefferson County (population 64,026): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

9

federal cleanup sites

4

PFAS-detecting water systems

4

TRI facilities

22

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Jefferson 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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
JEFFERSON CO W AND S DISTRICT- A

OH4100803

PFBS: 3.4 ng/L

PFHxS: 3.4 ng/L

detected
JEFFERSON CO W AND S DISTRICT - M

OH4101103

PFBS: 3.1 ng/L

detected
TORONTO PWS

OH4102811

PFBS: 3.5 ng/L

PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L

detected
WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS

OH4103003

PFBS: 3.3 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

4 facilities in Jefferson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.0M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CARDINAL PLANTBRILLIANTSulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds1.9M lb
TITANIUM METALS CORPTORONTONitric acid, Aluminum (fume or dust)141k lb
BARIUM & CHEMICALS INCSTEUBENVILLEBarium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))39k lb
JSW STEEL USA OHIO INC.MINGO JUNCTIONZinc (fume or dust), Manganese And Manganese Compounds13k lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 222 tank facilities in Jefferson: 177 tanks in service and 504 closed. 251 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Jefferson 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Jefferson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • AMERICAN DRY CLEANERS-MINGO JUNCTIONMINGO JUNCTION
  • BRILLIANT FLY ASH SLURRY DISCHARGE ERBRILLIANT
  • DIVCO SITESTEUBENVILLE
  • HANCOCK MANUFACTURING VITORONTO
  • HUTTON ENTERPRISESWINTERSVILLE
  • JEFFERSON PROCESSINGMINGO JUNCTION
  • TORONTO OHIO MERCURY SPILLTORONTO
  • WEIRTON STEELSTEUBENVILLE
  • WELLSVILLE REST AREA ACID SPILLWELLSVILLE