Obion County, TN
The federal environmental record for Obion County (population 30,411): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Obion reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Obion filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 627k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FARMS INC. - UNION CITY PROCESSING | UNION CITY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 540k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. | UNION CITY | Hydrogen sulfide, Ammonia | 52k lb |
| GREEN PLAINS OBION LLC | RIVES | Ammonia, Acetaldehyde | 32k lb |
| KOHLER CO | UNION CITY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 2k lb |
| TITAN TIRE CORP OF UNION CITY | UNION CITY | Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 977 lb |
| TYSON FARMS INC. - SOUTH FULTON FEEDMILL | SOUTH FULTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 156 tank facilities in Obion: 69 tanks in service and 299 closed. 60 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Obion 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 Obion, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ADAMS BROTHERS COLLISION REPAIRSOUTH FULTON
- GREENWAY RECYCLING FIREUNION CITY