Isle of Wight County, VA
The federal environmental record for Isle of Wight County (population 40,711): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Isle of Wight 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIST. VA3093120 | PFBA: 5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Isle of Wight filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER FRANKLIN MILL | FRANKLIN | Methanol, Hydrogen sulfide | 1.3M lb |
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP SMITHFIELD, VA FACILITY | SMITHFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 36k lb |
| ST TISSUE LLC | FRANKLIN | Lead | 553 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 127 tank facilities in Isle of Wight: 79 tanks in service and 352 closed. 49 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- SMITH DRIVE MERCURYSMITHFIELD