Is It Safe to Grow Food in District of Columbia?
Federal record: HighWe checked the federal record around District of Columbia — 2,435 documented sites across 6 of the 8 site registers we track, 52 of them high-severity.
The most significant on record: 50 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.
District of Columbia carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 2,435 documented sites, most of them underground storage tanks. 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 District of Columbia center
- Murray Emergency Service — Underground Storage Tanks · ~0.1 km from the county center
- Yale Steam Laudry — Underground Storage Tanks · ~0.1 km from the county center
- Safeway Store #2737 — Brownfields · ~0.1 km from the county center
These are the closest documented sites to District of Columbia's geographic center — a screening reference, not a reading on any specific address. Check your own District of Columbia parcel to see what's actually near you.
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