Rockingham, VA
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Environmental data for Rockingham in Virginia · Population: 84,739
Rockingham, VA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 11 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 10 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 36/100 (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 1.3M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 3 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 42 and a peak AQI of 83 in 2024, with 77% 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 | 283 (77%) | 83 | 0 | 83 |
| 2023 | 322 (88%) | 40 | 2 | 168 |
| 2022 | 332 (91%) | 33 | 0 | 74 |
| 2021 | 316 (87%) | 47 | 0 | 87 |
| 2020 | 344 (95%) | 19 | 0 | 77 |
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 Virginia, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (10)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| HARRISONBURG, CITY OF | 53,016 | 0 |
| BRIDGEWATER, TOWN OF | 6,177 | 0 |
| BROADWAY, TOWN OF | 4,015 | 0 |
| TIMBERVILLE, TOWN OF | 2,963 | 0 |
| ELKTON, TOWN OF | 2,595 | 0 |
| DAYTON, TOWN OF | 1,700 | 1 |
| FOOD PROCESSORS WATER COOPERATIVE, INC | 1,430 | 3 |
| CEDAR HILL I | 400 | 2 |
| CEDAR HILL II | 160 | 0 |
| EASTSIDE TRAILER PARK | 99 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (11)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility | 372.5K lbs |
| 2 | Cargill Meat Solutions Inc | 332.6K lbs |
| 3 | Molson Coors Shenandoah Brewery | 214.1K lbs |
| 4 | Darling Ingredients Inc Linville Facility | 113.1K lbs |
| 5 | Pilgrim's Pride Corp Broadway Facility | 104.5K lbs |
| 6 | Wwf Operating Co LLC | 77.8K lbs |
| 7 | Lsc Communications / Harrisonburg N | 43.0K lbs |
| 8 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | 40.6K lbs |
| 9 | George's Foods Llc. Processing Plant | 5.2K lbs |
| 10 | Superior Concrete Inc-Harrisonburg | 0 lbs |
| 11 | Vpgc LLC Broadway Feedmil | 0 lbs |
Cities in Rockingham (7)
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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.