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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Polk County, IA
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.
1,097registered tank facilities
748open tanks
2,659closed tanks
676leak incidents on record
20cleanups still open
20 leak cleanups in
Polk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #373 | Des Moines | 9 / 9 | Open UST(s) | IA6404 |
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP #411 | Clive | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IA11320 |
| QUIKTRIP #562 | Des Moines | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IA17306 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #913 | Altoona | 8 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IA6697 |
| QUIKTRIP #535 | Des Moines | 7 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IA8679 |
| QUIKTRIP #534 | Des Moines | 7 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IA8678 |
| APEX OIL INC | Des Moines | 7 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IA2766 |
| CASEY''S GENERAL STORE 1941 | Ankeny | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IA17466 |
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 1,097 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