Putnam County, WV
The federal environmental record for Putnam County (population 56,962): 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
11
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fike Chemical, Inc. | Nitro | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Putnam 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HURRICANE CITY OF WV3304005 | PFBS: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Putnam filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.6M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER AMOS PLANT | WINFIELD | Arsenic compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 3.6M lb |
| AC&S INC | NITRO | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 5k lb |
| TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING WEST VIRGINIA INC | BUFFALO | Copper, Lead | 90 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS POCA (POC) | POCA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol | 7 lb |
| PILOT THOMAS LOGISTICS LLC - NITRO BULK PLANT 09 | NITRO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 166 tank facilities in Putnam: 138 tanks in service and 391 closed. 98 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Putnam 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 Putnam, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BIG SCARY CREEK LANDFILLSCOTT DEPOT
- CHEM FORMULATORS SITENITRO
- CRADDOCK SANITATION COHURRICANE
- FIKE CHEMICAL, INC.NITRO
- GARY HARRIS DUMPPOCA
- HEIZER CREEKPOCA
- KANAWHA RIVER SITENITRO
- MANILLA CREEKRAYMOND CITY
- PAR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONNITRO
- TURKEY BRANCH ROADBUFFALO
- WINFIELD LOCKS & DAMRED HOUSE