Brooke County, WV
The federal environmental record for Brooke County (population 21,373): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
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open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follansbee | Follansbee | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Brooke 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON PIKE PSD WV3300515 | PFBS: 5.6 ng/L PFHxS: 5.1 ng/L PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD WV3300516 | PFOS: 8.2 ng/L PFHxS: 7 ng/L PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| WELLSBURG, CITY OF WV3300517 | PFHxS: 5.2 ng/L PFBS: 4.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| FOLLANSBEE HOOVERSON HEIGHTS WV3300512 | PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Brooke filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 62k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRECOAT METALS | WEIRTON | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Certain glycol ethers | 39k lb |
| CROWN CORK & SEAL CO (USA) INC CROWN CLOSURE DIV | WEIRTON | Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 14k lb |
| JUPITER ALUMINUM - BEECH BOTTOM | BEECH BOTTOM | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 5k lb |
| WHEELING-NIPPON STEEL | FOLLANSBEE | Chromium | 4k lb |
| NEO INDUSTRIES (WEIRTON) INC. | WEIRTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 3 lb |
| JUSTRITE SAFETY GROUP - EAGLE MANUFACTURING CO | WELLSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| SAL CHEMICAL CO INC | WEIRTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 92 tank facilities in Brooke: 43 tanks in service and 263 closed. 42 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Brooke as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Brooke, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FOLLANSBEEFOLLANSBEE
- MECHLING HILL DRUM DUMPFOLLANSBEE
- YANKEE STREET ARSENIC SITEWELLSBURG