The site is adjacent to the unincorporated community of Beaver Park, which is 6 miles north of Danville, Virginia. An estimated 450 individuals live within a one-mile radius of the site. Community concern has been expressed over the present and future quality of drinking water.
Local residents depend on private wells to supply their water needs.
Even though the private wells are upgradient of the site, local health department staff held a meeting with citizens in 1985 and subsequently tested drinking water from private wells at the request of citizens. Elevated levels of lead and iron were found in one well and manganese and iron were found in another, but the contamination is not likely site-related. Groundwater from the site flows away from private wells, and those contaminants are often present in private well water as a result of home plumbing or naturally occurring sources. Iron was elevated in one well. Although on-site environmental media have relatively elevated contaminant concentrations , site access is restricted, although occasional trespassing may have occurred in the past.