Is It Safe to Grow Food in Santa Clara County?
Federal record: HighWe checked the federal record around Santa Clara County — 12,058 documented sites across 7 of the 8 site registers we track, 142 of them high-severity.
The most significant on record: 62 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.
Santa Clara County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 12,058 documented sites, most of them brownfields. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.
Documented sites nearest the Santa Clara County center
- Bay Cities Water Co. — Mining · ~1.1 km from the county center
- Bay Cities Water Col — Mining · ~1.3 km from the county center
- United Technologies Corporation — Toxics Release Inventory · ~1.6 km from the county center
These are the closest documented sites to Santa Clara County's geographic center — a screening reference, not a reading on any specific address. Check your own California parcel to see what's actually near you.
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