Richland County, OH
The federal environmental record for Richland County (population 125,064): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
27
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Richland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SHELBY CITY OH7004511 | PFBA: 8.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Richland filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 548k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARTER NEXT GENERATION - LEXINGTON | MANSFIELD | Ozone | 375k lb |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORP - MANSFIELD WORKS | MANSFIELD | Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 117k lb |
| ARCELORMITTAL TUBULAR PRODUCTS USA LLC | SHELBY | Zinc compounds, Manganese | 55k lb |
| PITTSBURGH GLASS WORKS LLC | CRESTLINE | Zinc compounds | 606 lb |
| BUNTING BEARINGS LLC | MANSFIELD | Copper, Nickel | 23 lb |
| NANOGATE N.A. LLC | MANSFIELD | Styrene | 10 lb |
| STEIN,LLC | MANSFIELD | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 3 lb |
| PHILLIPS TUBE GROUP - SHELBY | SHELBY | - | 0 lb |
| FOUR O CORP | MANSFIELD | - | 0 lb |
| NEWMAN TECHNOLOGY INC | MANSFIELD | - | 0 lb |
| STONERIDGE INC HI-STAT DIV | LEXINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| CSM HORVATH LEDGEBROOK | MANSFIELD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 313 tank facilities in Richland: 209 tanks in service and 643 closed. 468 fuel releases are on record, of which 27 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Richland 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 Richland, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LINCOLN FIELDS COOP WATER ASSN DUKE WELLMANSFIELD
- MANSFIELD NAVAL RESERVE CENTERMANSFIELD
- MANSFIELD VOC PLUMEMANSFIELD
- MORITZ INC.MANSFIELD
- RICHLAND MOULDED BRICKSMANSFIELD
- ROWLAND AVENUE MERCURY SPILLMANSFIELD
- SHELBY STANDARDSHELBY
- SYN LUBE PRODICTS AND SERVICESSHELBY
- WESTBROOK COUNTRY CLUBMANSFIELD
- WESTLYNN SITEMANSFIELD