Cullman, AL
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 Cullman in Alabama · Population: 89,463
TRI sites such as Tyson Farms Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Hanceville; Louisiana-Pacific Corp.; General Dynamics Mission Systems; SDWIS systems such as CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT; V.A.W. WATER SYSTEM, INC; EAST CULLMAN WATER SYSTEM anchor Cullman, AL's EPA extract. Derived burden score 30/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
EPCRA disclosures in Cullman total 4.8M lbs with Tyson Farms Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Hanceville; Louisiana-Pacific Corp.; General Dynamics Mission Systems among the largest Form R sites; no SDWIS system in this extract carries an active health-based flag. No AQS county monitors report here.
Largest TRI sites in the extract: Tyson Farms Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Hanceville; Louisiana-Pacific Corp.; General Dynamics Mission Systems. Named SDWIS systems: CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT; V.A.W. WATER SYSTEM, INC; EAST CULLMAN WATER SYSTEM. Burden score 30/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite here; tables reproduce EPA disclosure history, not a current-safety verdict.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Cullman, AL: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+22.2%
14 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+22.2%
728.5 thousand lb → 890.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Cullman, AL's total reported releases rose from 728.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 890.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cullman, AL's water releases rose from 630.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 780.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cullman, AL's air releases rose from 83.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 96.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cullman, AL's off-site transfers fell from 15.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (7)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT | 56,628 | 0 |
| V.A.W. WATER SYSTEM, INC | 17,466 | 0 |
| EAST CULLMAN WATER SYSTEM | 13,284 | 0 |
| HANCEVILLE, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF | 6,042 | 0 |
| JOPPA HULACO & RYAN WATER AUTHORITY | 5,220 | 0 |
| WALTER WATER AUTHORITY | 1,317 | 0 |
| GARDEN CITY WATER DEPARTMENT | 798 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (14)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Farms Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Hanceville | 4.4M lbs |
| 2 | Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 278.2K lbs |
| 3 | General Dynamics Mission Systems | 56.1K lbs |
| 4 | Rehau Automotive LLC | 29.1K lbs |
| 5 | Cullman Casting Corp | 14.8K lbs |
| 6 | Reliance Worldwide Corp | 566 lbs |
| 7 | Cardington Yutaka Technologies Inc. - Alabama Plant | 513 lbs |
| 8 | The Gsi Group Bremen Al | 482 lbs |
| 9 | Advanced Heat Treat Corp Cullman | 335 lbs |
| 10 | Royal Tech-Cullman | 169 lbs |
| 11 | Foley Products Co - Cullman | 0 lbs |
| 12 | Webb Wheel | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Ready Mix USA Llc-Cullman Plant | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Littrell Brothers Lumber Co | 0 lbs |
Cities in Cullman (6)
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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.