Virginia Contamination Data

We checked the federal record around Fairfax — 213 documented sites across 3 of the 9 source types we track.

The most significant on record: 7 Toxics Release Inventory facilities. Active industrial facilities reporting chemical releases to air, water, and land.

There's a meaningful federal record around Fairfax — 213 documented sites, most of them underground storage tanks. 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.

We checked the federal record around Alexandria — 449 documented sites across 5 of the 9 source types we track, 4 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 4 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Alexandria carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 449 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.

We checked the federal record around Winchester — 262 documented sites across 3 of the 9 source types we track.

The most significant on record: 14 Toxics Release Inventory facilities. Active industrial facilities reporting chemical releases to air, water, and land.

There's a meaningful federal record around Winchester — 262 documented sites, most of them underground storage tanks. 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.

We checked the federal record around Richmond — 1,278 documented sites across 5 of the 9 source types we track, 2 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 2 Superfund sites. 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 Richmond — 1,278 documented sites, most of them underground storage tanks. 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.

We checked the federal record around Norfolk — 1,123 documented sites across 6 of the 9 source types we track, 3 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 2 Superfund sites. 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 Norfolk — 1,123 documented sites, most of them underground storage tanks. 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.

We checked the federal record around Arlington County — 519 documented sites across 6 of the 9 source types we track, 5 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 4 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Arlington County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 519 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.