Harrison, WV
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.
Environmental data for Harrison in West Virginia · Population: 65,407
Harrison, WV is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 8 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 23 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 44/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 32.7M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 15 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 34 and a peak AQI of 60 in 2024, with 81% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91 (81%) | 22 | 0 | 60 |
| 2023 | 82 (77%) | 24 | 0 | 166 |
| 2022 | 93 (82%) | 20 | 0 | 69 |
| 2021 | 82 (71%) | 33 | 0 | 69 |
| 2020 | 99 (84%) | 19 | 0 | 80 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in West Virginia, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (23)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| CLARKSBURG WATER BOARD | 18,006 | 0 |
| BRIDGEPORT CITY OF | 10,775 | 2 |
| SHINNSTON CITY OF | 4,959 | 2 |
| GREATER HARRISON PSD LOST CREEK MT CLARE | 3,536 | 36 |
| SUN VALLEY PSD | 2,905 | 0 |
| GREATER HARRISON PSD VALLEY OF GOOD HOPE | 2,744 | 21 |
| SHORTLINE PSD | 2,727 | 19 |
| GREATER HARRISON PSD - QUIET DELL | 2,328 | 4 |
| STONEWOOD CITY OF | 2,236 | 0 |
| ENLARGED HEPZIBAH PSD | 1,912 | 0 |
| TRI-COUNTY WATER ASSOC - FAIRMONT | 1,880 | 2 |
| NUTTER FORT TOWN OF | 1,845 | 2 |
| BINGAMON PSD | 1,179 | 1 |
| COONS RUN PSD | 1,059 | 3 |
| ANMOORE TOWN OF | 1,013 | 2 |
| TRI COUNTY CLARKSBURG | 893 | 0 |
| SUMMIT PARK PSD | 827 | 4 |
| WEST MILFORD WATER WORKS | 645 | 4 |
| EAST VIEW PSD 194 | 393 | 0 |
| HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY WATER ASSOC | 353 | 2 |
| SHINNSTON - SALTWELL ROAD | 205 | 3 |
| FAIR OAKS SUBDIVISION | 178 | 0 |
| EAST VIEW PSD 172 | 158 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (8)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrison Power Station | 32.5M lbs |
| 2 | Harrison County Coal Resources | 138.4K lbs |
| 3 | Amsted Graphite Materials | 29.3K lbs |
| 4 | Pratt & Whitney Engine Services Inc. | 18.3K lbs |
| 5 | Central Supply Co of Wv - Saltwell Plant | 10.7K lbs |
| 6 | Agama Glass Technologies LLC | 6.0K lbs |
| 7 | Stockmeier Urethanes USA Inc | 3.2K lbs |
| 8 | Skana Aluminum Co | 26 lbs |
Cities in Harrison (5)
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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.