Is It Safe to Grow Food in Howard County?
Federal record: ElevatedWe checked the federal record around Howard County — 1,216 documented sites across 7 of the 8 site registers we track, 3 of them high-severity.
The most significant on record: 1 Superfund site. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.
There's a meaningful federal record around Howard County — 1,216 documented sites, most of them brownfields. Worth a look before you plant food, not a reason to hold back from growing. Proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; a soil test before new food beds is the sensible step, and the map shows exactly which sites sit where.
Documented sites nearest the Howard County center
- Central Maryland Research & Education Ctr. At Clarksville — Underground Storage Tanks · ~0.5 km from the county center
- Ho Be 21 — Nitrate · ~0.8 km from the county center
- Ho Cd 25 — Nitrate · ~0.8 km from the county center
These are the closest documented sites to Howard County's geographic center — a screening reference, not a reading on any specific address. Check your own Maryland parcel to see what's actually near you.
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