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Superfund sites in North Carolina

North Carolina has 38 Superfund sites: 2.9% of the US total of 1,316. That ranks #11 by count and #28 per person (0.34 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#28

national rank (per capita)

Superfund sites

0.34

per 100k residents

The data

Source: EPA National Priorities List, September 2026. Every National Priorities List site in the 50 states and DC, at the EPA’s coordinates. Sites in the territories are left out.

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North Carolina: 38 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

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Named Superfund sites in North Carolina include

Bypass 601 Ground Water Contamination · Jadco-Hughes Facility · North Carolina State University (Lot 86, Farm Unit #1) · Celanese Corp. (Shelby Fiber Operations) · Cape Fear Wood Preserving · Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps · Charles Macon Lagoon & Drum Storage · Carolina Transformer Co. · Benfield Industries, Inc. · Potter's Septic Tank Service Pits · Camp Lejeune Military Reservation · Koppers Co., Inc. (Morrisville Plant)

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