Radford Army Ammunition Plant

Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) is a Government-Owned,
Contractor Operated facility located in Montgomery and Pulaski Counties
in southwest Virginia. It consists of two separate facilities; the main plant is the
Radford manufacturing unit located between the city of Radford and the town of Blacksburg and consists of 4,080 acres. The New River Storage Unit is located 12 miles from the main plant near the town of Dublin and consists of 2,821 acres.
Radford Army Ammunition Plant is located approximately 30 miles from Roanoke, Virginia, where the nearest major airport is located. The main plant is subdivided by the New River into a northwestern portion (in Pulaski County) and southeastern portion (in Montgomery County). The Claytor Lake Dam, located ten miles south of the main plant, governs the rise and fall of the New River. The terrain of the main plant is a sloping alluvial floodplain and terrace deposits border the river on the north and eastern sides. The New River Unit is gently rolling to hilly, with a low ridge along the northwest boundary.