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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Grand Traverse County, MI
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.
367registered tank facilities
153open tanks
890closed tanks
235leak incidents on record
77cleanups still open
77 leak cleanups in
Grand Traverse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse City Bulk Plant | TRAVERSE CITY | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI957 |
| Schmuckal Oil Co | TRAVERSE CITY | 7 / 8 | Open UST(s) | MI32884 |
| Traverse City Cardlock | TRAVERSE CITY | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI35962 |
| Speedway #5498 | TRAVERSE CITY | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI6565 |
| Chum's Corner Shell Mini Mart | TRAVERSE CITY | 5 / 10 | Open UST(s) | MI13474 |
| Chum's Corner EZ Mart | TRAVERSE CITY | 5 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI2627 |
| Holiday Stationstore #255 | TRAVERSE CITY | 5 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI8756 |
| Townhall Shell Mini-Mart | TRAVERSE CITY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI12991 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bay Harbor Co | Acme | 2018-05-17 | Gasoline | MIC-0076-18 |
| Mary Lou Bare Trust Parcel | Traverse City | 2013-05-01 | Used Oil | MIC-0053-13 |
| Woodland Oil Total Station | Traverse City | 2008-11-06 | Diesel | MIC-0004-09 |
| Former Grand Traverse Auto Facility | Traverse City | 2007-08-03 | Unknown | MIC-0203-07 |
| Kinneys Pioneer Service | Traverse City | 2006-10-27 | Gasoline | MIC-0323-06 |
| Kinneys Pioneer Service | Traverse City | 2005-10-11 | Gasoline,Used Oil,Used Oil,Gasoline,Used Oil,Used Oil | MIC-0336-05 |
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 367 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 77 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