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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Saline 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.
101registered tank facilities
68open tanks
261closed tanks
66leak incidents on record
19cleanups still open
19 leak cleanups in
Saline 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Oil Company | Eldorado | 6 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL7020857 |
| Russell Oil Company | Galatia | 5 / 7 | Open UST(s) | IL7020855 |
| Russell Oil Co. | Harrisburg | 5 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL7033269 |
| Harrisburg Citgo | Harrisburg | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL7021612 |
| Mitchellville Country Store | Harrisburg | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL7011747 |
| Mach I | Harrisburg | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7045481 |
| Hucks #197 | Eldorado | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL7021704 |
| Hucks #212 | Harrisburg | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL7021692 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp Oil Company, Inc. | Eldorado | 2014-08-14 | Diesel | IL1650105050_20140949 |
| Russell Oil Company | Harrisburg | 2012-09-27 | Gasoline | IL1650205114_20121021 |
| Wallace Oil Company | Galatia | 2011-05-10 | Gasoline Diesel | IL1650155006_20110467 |
| Golightly & Long, LLC | Harrisburg | 2011-04-28 | Gasoline | IL1650205052_20110426 |
| Russell Oil Company | Eldorado | 2011-03-28 | Gasoline | IL1650105046_20110274 |
| Smith Standard Service | Eldorado | 2010-04-28 | Gasoline | IL1650105010_20100442 |
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 101 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 19 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