Jefferson County, TN
The federal environmental record for Jefferson County (population 57,838): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DANDRIDGE WATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY TN0000170 | PFBA: 17 ng/L PFPeA: 5.1 ng/L PFBS: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHADY GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000626 | PFPeA: 4.7 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| WHITE PINE WATER SYSTEM TN0000746 | PFHxS: 8.2 ng/L PFBS: 5.4 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| JEFFERSON CITY WATER & SEWER C TN0000328 | PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L PFBS: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
| NEW MARKET UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000499 | PFPeA: 4.2 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Jefferson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYSTAR - YOUNG MINE & MILL | NEW MARKET | Zinc compounds, Cadmium compounds | 2.6M lb |
| NYRSTAR COY-MINE | JEFFERSON CITY | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.8M lb |
| SONOCO METAL PACKAGING LLC | DANDRIDGE | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 38k lb |
| OSHKOSH MANUFACTURING LLC | JEFFERSON CITY | Ethylene glycol, Manganese | 547 lb |
| QUIKRETE - MORRISTOWN TN PLANT | JEFFERSON CITY | Lead | 1 lb |
| TRU WHITE PINE | WHITE PINE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 161 tank facilities in Jefferson: 119 tanks in service and 378 closed. 161 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jefferson 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 Jefferson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HODGSON, HOLLIS DUMPJEFFERSON CITY
- PHILIPS MAGNAVOXJEFFERSON CITY
- STRAWBERRY PLAINS DRUM DUMPSTRAWBERRY PLAINS
- YOUNT FARM DRUMJEFFERSON CITY