Jackson County, OR
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 220,768): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
51
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RUCH ELEMENTARY SD 549 OR4191508 | PFHxS: 33.4 ng/L PFBS: 14.8 ng/L PFHxA: 13.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 142k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARESTREAM HEALTH INC | WHITE CITY | Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 39k lb |
| ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO. - MEDFORD MDF | MEDFORD | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 39k lb |
| BOISE CASCADE WOOD PRODUCTS LLC MEDFORD PLYWOOD | MEDFORD | Methanol | 29k lb |
| TIMBER PRODUCTS CO MEDFORD | MEDFORD | Methanol, Diisocyanates | 26k lb |
| LINDE GAS & EQUIPMENT INC. | WHITE CITY | Chlorine, Boron trichloride | 8k lb |
| NIC INDUSTRIES INC. | WHITE CITY | Ammonia | 750 lb |
| KIRTLAND CONCRETE | CENTRAL POINT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 499 lb |
| WESTERN EMULSIONS INC. | WHITE CITY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Lead | 47 lb |
| MDU RESOURCES CENTRAL POINT CONCRETE | CENTRAL POINT | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| ALLWEATHER WOOD LLC | WHITE CITY | - | 0 lb |
| SOUTHERN OREGON READY MIX | CENTRAL POINT | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| PLYCEM USA LLC | WHITE CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| ASCENTRON INC | WHITE CITY | - | 0 lb |
| BOISE CASCADE WOOD PRODUCTS LLC-EWP PLANT | WHITE CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 488 tank facilities in Jackson: 327 tanks in service and 1,219 closed. 471 fuel releases are on record, of which 51 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMEDFORD
- CENTRAL POINT CLEANERSCENTRAL POINT
- COE CIVIL ELK CREEK DAMSHADY COVE
- ELK CREEK DAM PROJECT USACETRAIL
- MAE STREET MERCURY SPILLASHLAND
- ROGUE TRANSFER AND RECYCLINGMEDFORD
- RUCH AREAWIDE GROUNDWATER SITEJACKSONVILLE
- WHITE CITY LAUNDROMATWHITE CITY