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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Limestone County, AL
Every figure below is from EPA UST Finder — the EPA-compiled national registry of state-reported underground storage tanks — county aggregates as published by EPA.
227registered tank facilities
200open tanks
451closed tanks
79leak incidents on record
20cleanups still open
20 leak cleanups in
Limestone County are still open — the state has not closed the case.
An open cleanup near a property you're buying or lending on is a findable, checkable fact: it appears in a
per-address screen with distance and the registry record.
Largest registered facilities
By open-tank count, from the facility-level registry. Every fact is attributed to the EPA record (linked ID); something wrong — use the correction path in the footer and we'll fix or remove it promptly.
| Facility | City | Open / closed tanks | Status | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-65 TRUCK STOP | ELKMONT | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | AL13442 |
| MINIT-MAN #052 | ATHENS | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | AL4844 |
| SHELL #329 | ATHENS | 5 / 1 | Open UST(s) | AL14457 |
| IN AND OUT MINI MART | MADISON | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | AL11822 |
| BOB'S QUICK MART | ATHENS | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | AL10586 |
| KELLYS GROCERY | ATHENS | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | AL13440 |
| J-MART #401 | ATHENS | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | AL7611 |
| WILLIAMS SERVICE ATHENS | ATHENS | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL10599 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINITMAN (SHELL) #329 | ATHENS | 2018-11-01 | — | AL1823 |
| BILLS 31 AMOCO | ATHENS | 2018-11-01 | — | AL4675 |
| GREENBRIAR MARKET | MADISON | 2018-08-01 | — | AL2191 |
| VULCAN COFFEE POT GROCERY #1140 | ATHENS | 2015-10-01 | — | AL4973 |
| MAPCO 5212 (DISCOUNT FOOD MART #212) | ELKMONT | 2012-02-01 | — | AL2201 |
| ATHENS LIBERTY 2000 | ATHENS | 2008-08-01 | — | AL3210 |
What this means if you're buying or lending here
- "Closed" ≠ clean. A closed tank was taken out of service per the registry — many were closed without soil testing, especially before the late 1990s.
- The registry is incomplete by design. Tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered. A county with 227 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 20 cases in this county are still open; contamination may still be under investigation or remediation — distance from a specific parcel is what matters, and that's a per-address question.
Screen a specific property
This page covers the county. A purchase or loan decision needs the registry around one address: registered tanks at the parcel, every facility within 500 and 1,500 ft, leak cleanups with status and distance — each line cited to the official record.
Screen an address — $49 How it worksThis is a screen of EPA-registered tank and leak records, not an environmental site assessment. State registries are incomplete by design: tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered, so a clean screen cannot prove the absence of a tank. "Closed" means a tank was taken out of service per the registry — it does not certify that no contamination remains.
source: EPA UST Finder EPA data vintage 2024-12-04 computed 2026-06-12