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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Macoupin County, IL
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.
182registered tank facilities
95open tanks
396closed tanks
133leak incidents on record
39cleanups still open
39 leak cleanups in
Macoupin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac's #1216 | Staunton | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL5006044 |
| Brighton Shell | Brighton | 5 / 1 | Open UST(s) | IL5025662 |
| Macoupin Service Co | Carlinville | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5023932 |
| J. F. Boente Sons | Carlinville | 4 / 7 | Open UST(s) | IL5007418 |
| Manu Petro, Inc. | Carlinville | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL5006043 |
| Bunker Hill Short Stop | Bunker Hill | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL5018544 |
| Bunker Hill Country Mart | Bunker Hill | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | IL5008904 |
| Darr's Truck Stop | Medora | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5016674 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manu Petro, Inc. | Carlinville | 2017-06-27 | FuelOil | IL1170150005_20170554 |
| Howald, Michael | Bunker Hill | 2017-02-17 | Gasoline Diesel | IL1170105016_20170120 |
| JF Boente Sons, Inc. | Carlinville | 2017-02-15 | Diesel | IL1170155018_20170114 |
| Freedom Oil Company | Girard | 2015-10-23 | Gasoline | IL1170455010_20151135 |
| Mac's Convenience Stores, LLC | Virden | 2014-12-18 | Gasoline | IL1171100001_20141413 |
| McAfee, Allen | Brighton | 2012-12-27 | Gasoline Diesel | IL1174160003_20121322 |
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 182 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 39 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