Is It Safe to Grow Food in Washington County?
Federal record: HighWe checked the federal record around Washington County — 1,484 documented sites across 6 of the 8 site registers we track, 44 of them high-severity.
The most significant on record: 39 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.
Washington County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 1,484 documented sites, most of them nitrate. 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 Washington County center
- Compass Hardware — Brownfields · ~0.8 km from the county center
- Windor Incorporated — Brownfields · ~0.8 km from the county center
- Burlingame State Park — Underground Storage Tanks · ~1.0 km from the county center
These are the closest documented sites to Washington County's geographic center — a screening reference, not a reading on any specific address. Check your own Rhode Island parcel to see what's actually near you.
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