Carroll, KY
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Carroll in Kentucky · Population: 10,878
TRI sites such as North American Stainless; Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station; Dow Silicones Corp; SDWIS systems such as CARROLLTON UTILITIES; CARROLL CO WATER DISTRICT #1; WEST CARROLL WATER DISTRICT- HENRY CO #2 anchor Carroll, KY's EPA extract. Derived burden score 38/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Carroll include WEST CARROLL WATER DISTRICT- HENRY CO #2, while North American Stainless leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 38/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Carroll -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Carroll, KY: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-27.2%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-27.2%
10.6 million lb → 7.7 million lb, every facility that filed
- Carroll, KY's total reported releases fell from 10.6 million lb in 2022 to 7.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carroll, KY's air releases fell from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 532.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carroll, KY's off-site transfers fell from 4.4 million lb in 2022 to 3.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carroll, KY's land releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (4)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| CARROLLTON UTILITIES | 6,851 | 0 |
| CARROLL CO WATER DISTRICT #1 | 5,934 | 0 |
| WEST CARROLL WATER DISTRICT- HENRY CO #2 | 116 | 6 |
| WEST CARROLL WATER DISTRICT - MILTON | 86 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (6)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North American Stainless | 35.2M lbs |
| 2 | Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station | 12.4M lbs |
| 3 | Dow Silicones Corp | 3.0M lbs |
| 4 | Pmc Organometallix Inc. | 90.6K lbs |
| 5 | Cabot Corp | 60.6K lbs |
| 6 | Certainteed Gypsum Carrollton LLC | 111 lbs |
Cities in Carroll (2)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.