Lauderdale County, TN

ZIP 38040

In ZIP 38040, 5 of the 12 things we check have at least one part graded D or F.

• Drinking water: Friendship Distribution Water System has 1 contaminant at or over an EPA legal limit; 2 contaminants are above health goals, led by tetrachloroethylene at 108× California’s Public Health Goal.
• Closer to Superfund sites than 58% of U.S. neighborhoods, with no listed site within 10 miles of its center.
• Largest share of modeled toxic air from industry: Nucor Coatings Corp (79%), mostly chromium compounds.
• Fine particles (PM2.5) average 7.0 µg/m³; the WHO guideline is 5 and the EPA annual standard is 9.
• About 217,669 kg of agricultural pesticides are applied in the county each year.

Grades for ZIP 38040

• Superfund sites nearbyA to C
• Factories and industrial sitesA to C
• Oil and gas wellsA to C
• Parks and nature nearbyC to D
• Air qualityB
• Drinking water qualityB to D
• Pesticide useF
• Neighborhood health statusC to F
• Past wildfire impactsA
• Past flood impactsA
• Noise levelsA
• Radiation signalsD

Based on 5 census tracts · compiled September 10, 2026 · how each grade works and its sources

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