Wood County, WV
The federal environmental record for Wood County (population 83,052): 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
4
federal cleanup sites
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
21
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Tetrachloroethene | Vienna | on the NPL | 10/22/1999 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wood 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLAYWOOD PARK PSD WV3305402 | PFOA: 11.1 ng/L PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| LUBECK PSD WV3305404 | PFOA: 179.5 ng/L PFBA: 18.2 ng/L HFPO-DA: 8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MINERAL WELLS PSD WV3305405 | PFOA: 13.2 ng/L PFBA: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| PARKERSBURG UTILITY BOARD WV3305407 | PFOA: 46.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| UNION WILLIAMS P S D WV3305410 | PFOA: 5.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| WILLIAMSTOWN WATER DEPT WV3305412 | PFOA: 32 ng/L PFHxS: 31.3 ng/L PFBS: 9.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| VIENNA, WV WV3305411 | PFBA: 7.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Wood filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEMOURS WASHINGTON WORKS | WASHINGTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 1.0M lb |
| KURARAY AMERICA INC-WASHINGTON WV | WASHINGTON | Butyraldehyde, Methanol | 16k lb |
| DELRIN USA LLC | WASHINGTON | Formaldehyde, Toluene | 10k lb |
| CELANESE POLYMER PRODUCTS LLC | WASHINGTON | Antimony compounds, Zinc compounds | 6k lb |
| NORTHWEST PIPE CO | WASHINGTON | Manganese | 2k lb |
| HINO MOTORS MANUFACTURING USA INC. | MINERAL WELLS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 375 tank facilities in Wood: 182 tanks in service and 995 closed. 180 fuel releases are on record, of which 21 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wood 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 Wood, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMES WAREHOUSE FIRE ERPARKERSBURG
- CELANESE POLYMER PRODUCTS LLCWASHINGTON
- PARKERSBURG IND PARKPARKERSBURG
- VIENNA TETRACHLOROETHENEVIENNA