Josephine County, OR
The federal environmental record for Josephine County (population 87,821): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
21
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Josephine reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Josephine filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 63k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASTERBRAND CABINETS LLC-GRANTS PASS OPERATIONS | GRANTS PASS | n-Butyl alcohol, Toluene | 62k lb |
| BECKLIN HOLDINGS INC | GRANTS PASS | Styrene | 2k lb |
| TIMBER PRODUCTS CO (DBA TIM PLY) | GRANTS PASS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 207 tank facilities in Josephine: 137 tanks in service and 476 closed. 173 fuel releases are on record, of which 21 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Josephine 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 Josephine, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FOREST CREEK ROAD DUMP SITE, SELMA, ORSELMA
- GRANTS PASS MERCURYGRANTS PASS
- JOSEPHINE COUNTY EVIDENCE FACILITYGRANTS PASS
- LAURELDALE LANE GROUNDWATER STUDY AREAGRANTS PASS
- LELAND PRINTED CIRCUITS IISUNNY VALLEY
- RENDATA INDUSTRIAL PARKGRANTS PASS
- USDOI BLM MERLIN LDFLGRANTS PASS