Nicholas County, WV
The federal environmental record for Nicholas County (population 24,169): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Nicholas 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 Nicholas filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 15k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMR TECHNOLOGIES INC | FENWICK | Toluene, Lead | 12k lb |
| JELD-WEN | CRAIGSVILLE | Methanol, Diisocyanates | 3k lb |
| COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS COLUMBIA WEST VIRGINIA CORP | CRAIGSVILLE | Lead | 93 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 175 tank facilities in Nicholas: 88 tanks in service and 432 closed. 75 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Nicholas 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 Nicholas, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HYPAR MACHINE COMPANY, RICHWOODRICHWOOD
- WV TIRE DISPOSAL INC SITESUMMERSVILLE