SITE HISTORY: Camp Croft was used as an infantry replacement training center for the Army Ground Forces, Fourth Service Command. Infantry units were trained along with artillery and mortar units from 1941 to 1944. The site was disposed of in 1947.The area once used as Camp Croft Army Training Facility qualifies for the DOD status of a Formerly Used Defense Site, or FUDS. As a result of the artillery and other military relics left on the grounds by the Army after abandoning the camp, the area also qualified for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program, or DERP. The Army Corps of Engineers out of Charleston, SC conducted a clean up of the area under the DERP, and links to much of their documentation can be found below:The site consisted of 19,044.46 acres which is today used as a state park, industrial area, and residential area. Detailed maps of the site were not found. Through interviews, however, it was determined that much of the ammunition and waste used at the site was buried when the site was closed. This equipment was often buried in trenches or not buried at all. Over the past twenty years, there have been numerous instance where citizens have found ordnance in the form of grenades and small arms ammunition. As many as 80 grenades were found in one location by a Reserve unit that was on maneuvers in the area. The state park has restricted the use of metal detectors which has decreased the number of reports of ordnance. There are reports, however, where local residents removed six to twelve pieces of ordnance per house being constructed in some areas. Much of the ordnance is expected to be buried below the surface.”
Picture of Ordinances found at Site |
Picture of Corps of Engineers performing site inspection |
Army Corps of Engineers Project Preliminary Assessment Documents |
Army Corps of Engineers Ordinance and Explosives Project Phases |
EPA Superfund Status for Camp Croft Site |
DERP Annual Report To Congress For Fiscal Year 1995 (Croft portion) |
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