Gibson County, TN
The federal environmental record for Gibson County (population 51,045): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gibson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TRENTON WATER SYSTEM TN0000707 | PFOS: 27 ng/L PFHxS: 9.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Gibson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 152k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FARMS INC. HUMBOLDT POULTRY PROCESSING | HUMBOLDT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 87k lb |
| CECO DOOR PRODUCTS | MILAN | Certain glycol ethers, Toluene | 59k lb |
| BONGARDS' SOUTH LLC | HUMBOLDT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3k lb |
| DANA COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PRODUCTS LLC | HUMBOLDT | Manganese compounds | 1k lb |
| BIG BEND GALVANIZING LLC | TRENTON | Zinc compounds | 748 lb |
| MACLEAN POWER SYSTEMS | TRENTON | Manganese | 38 lb |
| TYSON FARMS INC. HUMBOLDT FEED MILL | HUMBOLDT | Copper And Copper Compounds, Manganese compounds | 8 lb |
| HIXSON LUMBER CO LLC | MILAN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 248 tank facilities in Gibson: 91 tanks in service and 494 closed. 79 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gibson 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 Gibson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- B&H TRANSFORMERYORKVILLE
- ESQUIRE ESTES SITEHUMBOLDT
- HELENA CHEMICAL CO (/HELENA CHEMICAL FIRE)HUMBOLDT
- HI-TEMP SITEHUMBOLDT
- MILAN ARMY AMMUNITION PLANTMILAN
- PLASTECH CORPKENTON
- VOLUNTEER LEATHER, INC.MILAN