Caroline County, VA
The federal environmental record for Caroline County (population 32,640): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Caroline 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CAROLINE UTILITY SYSTEM VA6033085 | PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| LAKE LAND`OR VA6033450 | PFBS: 5.4 ng/L PFHxA: 4.1 ng/L PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Caroline filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 45k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY FORT AP HILL | BOWLING GREEN | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 45k lb |
| LADYSMITH COMBUSTION TURBINE STATION | WOODFORD | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| OLDCASTLE APG MID-ATLANTIC MILFORD VA | MILFORD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| HOOVER TREATED WOOD PRODUCTS INC | MILFORD | - | 0 lb |
| JCI JONES CHEMICALS INC. | MILFORD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 167 tank facilities in Caroline: 127 tanks in service and 472 closed. 50 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Caroline 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 Caroline, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FORT AP HILLBOWLING GREEN