Adams County, PA
The federal environmental record for Adams County (population 106,027): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterstown Road | Straban Township | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Keystone Sanitation Landfill | Union Township | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Shriver's Corner | Straban Township | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Westinghouse Elevator Co. Plant | Cumberland Township | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Adams 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GETTYSBURG MUNI AUTH PA7010019 | PFOS: 14.1 ng/L PFOA: 7.4 ng/L PFPeA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| LITTLESTOWN BORO PA7010022 | PFOS: 12.9 ng/L PFBS: 6.6 ng/L PFHxS: 6 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEW OXFORD MUNCI AUTH PA7010025 | PFBA: 28.1 ng/L PFPeA: 9.6 ng/L PFHxA: 6 ng/L | above final limit |
| OUTLET SHOPS AT GETTYSBURG PA7010952 | PFOA: 4.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L PFBS: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Adams filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 48k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDSAL MANUFACTURING | LITTLESTOWN | Manganese, Nickel | 48k lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION GETTYSBURG | GETTYSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER LLC | HANOVER | - | 0 lb |
| MOTTS LLP | ASPERS | - | 0 lb |
| KNOUSE FOODS COOP INC PEACH GLEN PLANT | PEACH GLEN | - | 0 lb |
| KNOUSE FOODS COOP INC ORRTANNA PLANT | ORRTANNA | - | 0 lb |
| LITTLESTOWN FOUNDRY INC | LITTLESTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| KNOUSE FOODS CORP INC MOUNTAIN ORCHARD COLD STORAGE | ASPERS | - | 0 lb |
| SPECIALTY GRANULES LLC | BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT | - | 0 lb |
| KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE INC BIGLERVILLE PLANT | BIGLERVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 317 tank facilities in Adams: 182 tanks in service and 650 closed. 151 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Adams 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 Adams, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HUNTERSTOWN ROADSTRABAN TOWNSHIP
- JC CLEANERSGETTYSBURG
- KEYSTONE SANITATION LANDFILLUNION TOWNSHIP
- MILLER CHEMICALHANOVER
- NATIONAL PARK SERVICEGETTYSBURG
- SHRIVERS CORNER GROUNDWATER REMED SITEGETTYSBURG
- WESTINGHOUSE ELEVATOR CO. PLANTGETTYSBURG