Licking, OH
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 Licking in Ohio · Population: 180,311
TRI sites such as Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility; Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc-Newark Plant; Clean Harbors Recycling Services of Ohio LLC; SDWIS systems such as NEWARK CITY PWS; WESTERVILLE CITY PWS; CITY OF HEATH PWS anchor Licking, OH's EPA extract. Derived burden score 54/100 (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 Licking include WESTERVILLE CITY PWS; GRANVILLE, VILLAGE OF; BUCKEYE LAKE, VILLAGE OF PWS, while Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. AQS median AQI 42 / peak 100 in 2024.
Burden score 54/100 (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 Licking -- 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 Licking, OH: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-31.9%
20 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-31.9%
1.2 million lb → 783.1 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Licking, OH's total reported releases fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 783.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Licking, OH's off-site transfers fell from 661.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 389.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Licking, OH's air releases fell from 485.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 390.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Licking, OH's water releases fell from 70 lb in 2022 to 60 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
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 | 205 (84%) | 40 | 0 | 100 |
| 2023 | 209 (85%) | 36 | 0 | 97 |
| 2022 | 226 (92%) | 17 | 2 | 115 |
| 2021 | 227 (93%) | 18 | 0 | 87 |
| 2020 | 230 (94%) | 15 | 0 | 77 |
Source: 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 Ohio, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (18)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| NEWARK CITY PWS | 49,934 | 0 |
| WESTERVILLE CITY PWS | 39,000 | 3 |
| CITY OF HEATH PWS | 10,310 | 0 |
| PATASKALA CITY | 9,900 | 0 |
| GRANVILLE, VILLAGE OF | 5,946 | 1 |
| JOHNSTOWN CITY PWS | 5,200 | 0 |
| LICKING COUNTY HARBOR HILLS PWS | 3,415 | 0 |
| BUCKEYE LAKE, VILLAGE OF PWS | 2,746 | 1 |
| HEBRON VILLAGE PWS | 2,368 | 0 |
| UTICA VILLAGE PWS | 2,235 | 1 |
| LICKING COUNTY PRESCOTT ESTATES | 732 | 0 |
| ALEXANDRIA VILLAGE PWS | 493 | 0 |
| ST LOUISVILLE VILLAGE PWS | 374 | 0 |
| GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION PWS | 120 | 0 |
| WILKINS MOBILE HOME PARK | 115 | 0 |
| WINDING CREEK ESTATES | 57 | 0 |
| GREEN MEADOWS MHP | 51 | 0 |
| COUNTRY HILLS MHP | 48 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (21)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility | 1.9M lbs |
| 2 | Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc-Newark Plant | 1.7M lbs |
| 3 | Clean Harbors Recycling Services of Ohio LLC | 583.7K lbs |
| 4 | Anomatic Corp | 577.7K lbs |
| 5 | Anomatic Corp - Ohio Plant II | 442.7K lbs |
| 6 | Samuel Packaging Systems Group | 118.1K lbs |
| 7 | Resinoid Engineering Corp | 113.0K lbs |
| 8 | Marathon Pipe Line - Heath Terminal | 23.5K lbs |
| 9 | Modern Welding Co of Ohio Inc | 20.2K lbs |
| 10 | Tamarack Farms Dairy | 15.9K lbs |
| 11 | Lear - Hebron Plant | 13.8K lbs |
| 12 | Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Llc. | 8.7K lbs |
| 13 | Ampacet Corp | 8.2K lbs |
| 14 | State Industrial Products | 2.4K lbs |
| 15 | Covestro Newark Compounding Facility | 646 lbs |
| 16 | Hendrickson Auxiliary Axle Systems | 168 lbs |
| 17 | Tech International (johnstown) | 50 lbs |
| 18 | Tri-Tech Laboratories Inc | 2 lbs |
| 19 | Shelly Materials Plant No 94 (0145000399) | 2 lbs |
| 20 | Aladdin Manufacturing Carpet Cushion - Johnstown Oh | 0 lbs |
| 21 | Bowerston Shale Co | 0 lbs |
Cities in Licking (10)
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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.