Upshur County, TX
The federal environmental record for Upshur County (population 43,281): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Upshur 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DIANA SUD TX2300006 | PFBA: 11 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Upshur filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 47k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBROY INDUSTRIES-TEXAS LLC | GILMER | Zinc compounds, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 40k lb |
| DUOLINE TECHNOLOGIES INC. | GILMER | 1,3-Phenylenediamine, 4,4'-Methylenedianiline | 5k lb |
| ROSEWOOD DEW POINT | GILMER | Benzene, n-Hexane | 2k lb |
| HIXSON LUMBER CO LLC | GILMER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 137 tank facilities in Upshur: 98 tanks in service and 283 closed. 48 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Upshur 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 Upshur, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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