Beaufort County, SC
The federal environmental record for Beaufort County (population 198,979): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
9
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
31
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Nail Co. | Beaufort | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
| Kalama Specialty Chemicals | Beaufort | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot | Parris Island | on the NPL | 12/16/1994 |
| Wamchem, Inc. | Burton | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Beaufort 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FRIPP ISLAND PSD (0720002) SC0720002 | PFBA: 7.2 ng/L PFOS: 5.4 ng/L PFOA: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| BJW&SA (0720003) SC0720003 | PFBS: 5.7 ng/L PFOA: 5.6 ng/L PFOS: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| HILTON HEAD PSD 1 (0720006) SC0720006 | PFOS: 5.2 ng/L PFOA: 5.1 ng/L PFBS: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Beaufort filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 53k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND (RANGES) | PARRIS ISLAND | Lead And Lead Compounds, Copper | 50k lb |
| US MARINE CORPS MCAS BEAUFORT STATION (STATION) | BEAUFORT | Lead | 2k lb |
| FLINT GROUP PIGMENTS | BEAUFORT | Barium And Barium Compounds | 531 lb |
| KRM SOUTH LLC - PLANT 17 | BEAUFORT | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 326 tank facilities in Beaufort: 254 tanks in service and 627 closed. 233 fuel releases are on record, of which 31 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Beaufort 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 Beaufort, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BEAUFORT PHOSPHATE COMPANYBEAUFORT
- INDEPENDENT NAIL CO.BEAUFORT
- KALAMA SPECIALTY CHEMICALSBEAUFORT
- LOBECO PRODUCTS INC.LOBECO
- PARRIS ISLAND MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOTPARRIS ISLAND
- SKULL CREEK SPILLHILTON HEAD ISLAND
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) HAMMOND HULLPORT ROYAL
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) PORT OF BALDWIN MINESPORT ROYAL
- WAMCHEM, INC.BURTON