Fauquier County, VA
The federal environmental record for Fauquier County (population 75,165): 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
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Fauquier 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BEALETON REGIONAL VA6061129 | PFOA: 44.6 ng/L PFOS: 31.1 ng/L PFBS: 18.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEW BALTIMORE REGIONAL VA6061318 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFPeA: 11 ng/L PFHxA: 8.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHEETZ 221 VA6061515 | PFPeA: 8.4 ng/L PFBA: 7.1 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| WARRENTON, TOWN OF VA6061600 | PFOA: 4.6 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| MEADOWS, THE VA6061505 | PFBS: 4.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Fauquier filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 7k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIBERGLASS ENGINEERING CO | MIDLAND | Styrene | 7k lb |
| US DOD WARRENTON TRAINING CENTER STATION B | WARRENTON | Lead, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 130 lb |
| US DOD WARRENTON TRAINING CENTER STATION C RANGE | REMINGTON | Lead | 58 lb |
| CHEMETRICS BY AQUAPHOENIX SCIENTIFIC | MIDLAND | Mercury compounds | 29 lb |
| OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC CO-OP MARSH RUN GENERATION FACILITY | REMINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| REMINGTON POWER STATION | REMINGTON | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 251 tank facilities in Fauquier: 182 tanks in service and 612 closed. 145 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Fauquier as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Fauquier, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- USA VINT HILL FARMS STATIONWARRENTON
- WARRENTON TRAINING CENTERWARRENTON