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Whitfield, GA

Moderate Risk (49/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.

Environmental data for Whitfield in Georgia · Population: 103,118

Whitfield, GA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 43 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 49/100 (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 531.9K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

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.

Population
103,118
TRI Facilities
43
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
531.9K lbs

TRI Facilities (43)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Aladdin Mills - Antioch Rd Plant 113.2K lbs
2 Global Textile Services 77.6K lbs
3 Harcros Chemicals Inc 77.4K lbs
4 Americhem Inc Dga 68.7K lbs
5 Polyventive - Dalton 41.2K lbs
6 Textile Rubber and Chemical Company (ptg Group) 36.6K lbs
7 Ivc US Inc 29.3K lbs
8 Tiarco-Rst 24.0K lbs
9 Chem-Tech Finishers Inc 21.1K lbs
10 Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc 18.0K lbs
11 Trinseo LLC 6.0K lbs
12 Roberts Capitol 5.8K lbs
13 Cargill Inc 4.5K lbs
14 Mfg Chemical Inc Callahan Road 1.9K lbs
15 Polyventive Llc. 1.6K lbs
16 Apollo Aerosol Industries LLC 1.4K lbs
17 Mfg Chemical Inc Brooks Road 1.0K lbs
18 Mfg Chemical Inc 769 lbs
19 Dalton Foam Div of Ncfi 723 lbs
20 Polycom Solutions 650 lbs
21 Shiroki-Ga LLC 159 lbs
22 Shaw Industries Group Inc Plant 1/3 155 lbs
23 Universal Textile Technologies 78 lbs
24 Arrowstar 48 lbs
25 Hanwha Q Cells USA Inc 40 lbs
26 Synthetic Turf Resources Corp 38 lbs
27 Healthier Choice Flooring LLC 36 lbs
28 Tec Dalton LLC 0 lbs
29 Tarkett - Finishing Facilitiy 0 lbs
30 Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC 0 lbs
31 Four Colors (division of Fibro Chem Llc) 0 lbs
32 Sanco Inc 0 lbs
33 Controlled Products 0 lbs
34 Mapei Corp 0 lbs
35 Shaw Industries Group INC-2480 0 lbs
36 Dystar LP 0 lbs
37 Mapei Corp 0 lbs
38 Ready Mix USA Llc-Dalton Plant 0 lbs
39 W F Taylor Co Inc 0 lbs
40 Techmer Pm LLC 0 lbs
41 First Source Worldwide - Dalton Ga 0 lbs
42 Olin Winchester LLC 0 lbs
43 Techmer Pm 0 lbs

Cities in Whitfield (2)

Dalton
Pop: -
42 facilities · 1 water
Resaca
Pop: -
2 facilities · 0 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Whitfield, Georgia? ▼
Whitfield, GA has an environmental risk score of 49/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 43 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Whitfield? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Whitfield, GA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Whitfield? ▼
Whitfield, GA has 43 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 531.9K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Whitfield? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Whitfield, GA. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Whitfield? ▼
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Whitfield, GA in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Whitfield? ▼
Environmental compliance in Whitfield, Georgia is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Georgia state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

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.

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