Putnam County, OH
The federal environmental record for Putnam County (population 34,199): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Putnam 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OTTAWA VILLAGE OH6900711 | PFPeA: 90.4 ng/L PFHxA: 51.8 ng/L PFBA: 12.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Putnam filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 68k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRO-TEC COATING CO | LEIPSIC | Nickel compounds, Zinc compounds | 54k lb |
| POET BIOREFINING LLC - LEIPSIC | LEIPSIC | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 12k lb |
| UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO INC | KALIDA | Manganese, Copper | 681 lb |
| MARS PETCARE US INC. | LEIPSIC | Zinc compounds | 531 lb |
| KALIDA MANUFACTURING INC | KALIDA | Manganese | 435 lb |
| WHIRLPOOL CORP - OTTAWA | OTTAWA | Copper, Nickel | 164 lb |
| PROGRESSIVE STAMPING INC | OTTOVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| STEEL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | OTTAWA | - | 0 lb |
| PRODUCTION PRODUCTS INC. | COLUMBUS GROVE | - | 0 lb |
| ACME MACHINE AUTOMATICS INC. | OTTOVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 79 tank facilities in Putnam: 82 tanks in service and 163 closed. 95 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Putnam 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 Putnam, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- OTTAWA LEAD SITEOTTAWA
- PHILIPS DISPLAY COMPONENTSOTTAWA
- WERNER STREET LEADLEIPSIC