Jackson County, WV
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 27,593): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenswood PCE Ground Water Plume | Ravenswood | on the NPL | 09/23/2004 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RAVENSWOOD MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS WV3301810 | PFBS: 9.9 ng/L PFHxS: 7.7 ng/L PFPeA: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| RIPLEY CITY OF WV3301811 | PFOA: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY P S D WV3301817 | PFOA: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 51k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD LLC | RAVENSWOOD | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Zinc compounds | 39k lb |
| ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC MILLWOOD WV | MILLWOOD | Manganese compounds | 12k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 118 tank facilities in Jackson: 84 tanks in service and 332 closed. 67 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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