York County, VA
The federal environmental record for York County (population 70,952): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisman Creek | York County | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Naval Weapons Station - Yorktown | Yorktown | on the NPL | 10/14/1992 |
| Naval Weapons Station Yorktown - Cheatham Annex | Williamsburg | on the NPL | 12/01/2000 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving York 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)
3 facilities in York filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 56 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFETA CAMP PEARY | WILLIAMSBURG | Lead | 43 lb |
| EATON CORP - WILLIAMSBURG MANUFACTURING | WILLIAMSBURG | Chromium, Nickel | 11 lb |
| US COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER YORKTOWN | YORKTOWN | Lead | 2 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 119 tank facilities in York: 124 tanks in service and 341 closed. 56 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps York 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 York, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHISMAN CREEKYORK COUNTY
- LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE/NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTERHAMPTON
- NAVAL WEAPONS STATION - YORKTOWNYORKTOWN
- NWS YORKTOWN - CHEATHAM ANNEXYORKTOWN
- US NAVY - YORKTOWN FUEL DEPOTYORKTOWN