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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Otsego 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.
145registered tank facilities
97open tanks
380closed tanks
57leak incidents on record
13cleanups still open
13 leak cleanups in
Otsego 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalet Marathon | GAYLORD | 7 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI18817 |
| Main Station | GAYLORD | 6 / 6 | Open UST(s) | MI18869 |
| Johnson Oil | GAYLORD | 6 / 1 | Open UST(s) | MI18814 |
| Southend Marathon | GAYLORD | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI10690 |
| Gaylord South EZ Mart | GAYLORD | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI36599 |
| Gaylord Sik | GAYLORD | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI18818 |
| Northern Energy | GAYLORD | 3 / 23 | Open UST(s) | MI38921 |
| Speedway #8760 | GAYLORD | 3 / 10 | Open UST(s) | MI9535 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Stationstore #175 | Gaylord | 2018-07-31 | Gasoline | MIC-0152-18 |
| Hill Top Express Inc | Waters | 2007-10-08 | Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0237-07 |
| Main Street Citgo | Gaylord | 2005-12-19 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0355-05 |
| Gaylord Clark | Gaylord | 2003-06-18 | Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0265-03 |
| Forward Corp. - Gaylord North | Gaylord | 2002-09-03 | Gasoline | MIC-0503-02 |
| Gay-sego, Inc. (Best Value Royal Crest Motel) | Gaylord | 2002-05-15 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel | MIC-0222-03 |
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 145 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 13 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