Cheatham County, TN
The federal environmental record for Cheatham County (population 42,254): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cheatham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RIVER ROAD UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000582 | PFBS: 6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Cheatham filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 175k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE INDUSTRIES INC. | ASHLAND CITY | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, n-Butyl alcohol | 82k lb |
| CAYMAS BOATS LLC | ASHLAND CITY | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 58k lb |
| ARCOSA MARINE PRODUCTS INC PLT 296 | ASHLAND CITY | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol | 34k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 73 tank facilities in Cheatham: 75 tanks in service and 148 closed. 89 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cheatham as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Cheatham, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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