Stark County, OH
The federal environmental record for Stark County (population 372,716): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
18
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
50
TRI facilities
60
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Excess Landfill | Uniontown | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| TRW, Inc. (Minerva Plant) | Minerva | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Stark 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALLIANCE CITY PWS OH7600011 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
| LOUISVILLE CITY PWS OH7603012 | PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| AQUA OHIO - MASSILLON PWS OH7604512 | PFHxA: 3.1 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
50 facilities in Stark filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.0M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIRITE OF OHIO INC | CANTON | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.3M lb |
| TIMKENSTEEL CORP-FAIRCREST STEEL PLANT | CANTON | Zinc compounds, Manganese | 277k lb |
| PCC AIRFOILS LLC - MINERVA | MINERVA | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Nickel | 70k lb |
| RMI TITANIUM CO LLC | CANTON | Aluminum (fume or dust) | 59k lb |
| MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LP OHIO REFINING DIV | CANTON | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Hexane | 46k lb |
| CANTON GALVANIZING LLC | CANTON | Zinc compounds | 43k lb |
| CHARTER NEXT GENERATION - MASSILLON | MASSILLON | Ozone | 38k lb |
| UNITED SURFACE FINISHING | CANTON | Nitric acid, Lead And Lead Compounds | 29k lb |
| SONOCO METAL PACKAGING LLC | CANTON | Certain glycol ethers, Ethylbenzene | 21k lb |
| CROWN FOOD PACKAGING | MASSILLON | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol | 16k lb |
| NAGALV-OHIO INC | CANTON | Zinc compounds, Lead | 16k lb |
| SHEARERS FOODS MASSILLON OH | MASSILLON | Nitric acid | 13k lb |
| SUPERIOR DAIRY | CANTON | Ammonia | 10k lb |
| ARE ACCESSORIES LLC | MASSILLON | Styrene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 8k lb |
| ALLIANCE TUBULAR PRODUCTS LLC | ALLIANCE | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 6k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | MASSILLON | Styrene, Toluene | 4k lb |
| HARRISON PAINT CO | CANTON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 3k lb |
| RESCO PRODUCTS INC. EAST CANTON OPERATIONS | EAST CANTON | Methanol, Phenol | 1k lb |
| WORLD FUEL SERVICES MASSILLON BULK PLANT | MASSILLON | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1k lb |
| GREIF PACKAGING LLC | MASSILLON | Hydrogen sulfide, Lead | 972 lb |
| AJAX TOCCO MAGNETHERMIC CORP NORTH CANTON | NORTH CANTON | Mixture | 750 lb |
| SRT SALES & SERVICE | CANTON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 504 lb |
| IRONROCK CAPITAL INC | CANTON | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Manganese compounds | 374 lb |
| CANTON DROP FORGE | CANTON | Chromium, Nickel | 340 lb |
| OHIO GRATINGS INC | CANTON | Nickel, Chromium | 248 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 844 tank facilities in Stark: 485 tanks in service and 1,976 closed. 1,250 fuel releases are on record, of which 60 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Stark 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 Stark, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BEAR RUN SPILLCANTON
- BISHOPSGATE PROPERTIESUNIONTOWN
- CANTON WOOD PRODUCTSCANTON
- CIRCUITRONICSALLIANCE
- CONVOYCANTON
- CREST RUBBER ALLIANCEALLIANCE
- GREEN LIGHT, LLCCANTON
- GREENTOWN DUMPUNIONTOWN
- INDUSTRIAL EXCESS LANDFILLUNIONTOWN
- LIGHTNING RENEWABLES, LLC - COUNTYWIDE RNG (1576075006)EAST SPARTA
- OHIO CAST PRODUCTSCANTON
- PSC METALS INC CANTON 62CANTON
- REES PLATING SITECANTON
- RICEFORD ROAD WASTE SITEEAST SPARTA
- ROCKET FUEL COMPANYCANTON
- ROWLAND STREET ERCANTON
- SMITH CHEMICAL SUPERFUND SITECANTON
- TRW INC - MINERVA PLANTMINERVA