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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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
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.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
STATE INDUSTRIES INC.ASHLAND CITY1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, n-Butyl alcohol82k lb
CAYMAS BOATS LLCASHLAND CITYStyrene, Methyl methacrylate58k lb
ARCOSA MARINE PRODUCTS INC PLT 296ASHLAND CITYXylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol34k 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.

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All 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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