Mercer County, WV
The federal environmental record for Mercer County (population 58,057): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
39
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Mercer 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BLUEWELL PSD WV3302804 | PFBS: 4.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Mercer filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 6k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACME WOOD PRESERVING INC | PRINCETON | Creosote, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 6k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 283 tank facilities in Mercer: 120 tanks in service and 742 closed. 153 fuel releases are on record, of which 39 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Mercer 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 Mercer, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FORMER JOY PONDBLUEFIELD
- FREEMAN SCHOOL LEAD SITEBRAMWELL
- LIN ELECTRIC COMPANYBLUEFIELD
- ROSELAND WOOD SITEPRINCETON