Underground storage tanks in North Carolina

EPA UST Finder county aggregates for North Carolina — registered tank facilities and leak (LUST) incidents as reported by the state program to EPA.

28,734registered facilities

22,412open tanks

66,926closed tanks

23,567leak incidents

6,063cleanups still open

By county

County	Facilities	Open tanks	Closed tanks	Leak incidents	Open cleanups
Mecklenburg	1,812	1,295	4,328	1,944	426
Guilford	1,498	1,071	3,644	1,660	300
Wake	1,414	1,382	2,935	1,188	281
Forsyth	935	808	2,214	1,023	264
Catawba	677	490	1,550	570	98
Gaston	653	512	1,466	526	125
Cumberland	650	619	1,434	388	120
Buncombe	626	524	1,517	566	107
Durham	576	466	1,250	588	119
Iredell	551	421	1,260	399	65
New Hanover	543	402	1,313	532	113
Alamance	537	372	1,205	495	159
Davidson	513	414	1,194	525	148
Nash	479	377	1,073	336	119
Rowan	476	267	1,163	423	68
Robeson	465	511	893	207	70
Pitt	450	308	1,139	456	176
Rockingham	447	400	1,021	368	85
Cleveland	431	331	982	300	57
Union	431	321	937	365	49
Wayne	415	301	1,035	334	136
Johnston	397	446	745	246	68
Halifax	388	240	806	180	30
Randolph	385	349	899	347	72
Cabarrus	375	322	834	314	58
Wilson	364	253	834	283	99
Surry	359	241	916	337	67
Onslow	353	260	855	367	84
Burke	350	281	819	275	56
Lenoir	336	180	775	282	127
Edgecombe	329	153	707	172	37
Caldwell	299	236	747	243	49
Craven	297	228	842	293	114
Wilkes	286	314	677	266	68
Sampson	279	189	624	126	46
Moore	275	198	611	118	47
Rutherford	261	233	656	221	33
Henderson	256	233	692	222	40
Stanly	249	174	561	193	41
Brunswick	248	186	620	202	55
Harnett	247	259	512	137	63
Columbus	244	170	543	191	39
Richmond	242	185	520	107	29
Orange	238	210	580	220	65
Carteret	236	233	658	212	60
Duplin	235	172	648	190	60
Lee	226	152	443	183	50
Vance	224	206	475	138	45
Martin	212	70	490	162	90
Beaufort	211	137	524	149	29
Haywood	206	168	483	146	20
Granville	196	142	460	139	48
Lincoln	196	214	419	161	35
Chatham	180	143	407	166	50
Franklin	178	144	433	119	49
Person	178	138	410	96	41
Bertie	177	78	415	139	41
McDowell	173	164	420	101	26
Montgomery	172	122	346	66	22
Northampton	172	82	410	88	22
Pasquotank	169	128	398	108	39
Yadkin	168	102	443	152	37
Scotland	167	162	364	82	31
Stokes	160	135	365	135	45
Bladen	158	97	427	70	16
Hertford	148	95	398	125	52
Jackson	142	139	320	103	24
Dare	139	140	403	111	45
Anson	130	104	264	31	11
Davie	129	123	317	120	31
Watauga	128	111	299	151	52
Pender	124	72	343	133	34
Warren	123	65	301	52	18
Alexander	120	92	249	48	8
Washington	120	33	319	85	45
Macon	111	93	266	64	14
Caswell	110	75	280	76	31
Swain	107	101	199	47	14
Ashe	106	96	237	88	31
Cherokee	104	81	240	61	12
Transylvania	103	85	277	86	10
Currituck	90	67	227	56	28
Hoke	87	93	156	43	10
Mitchell	84	46	231	55	10
Madison	76	58	211	53	15
Greene	74	38	197	80	44
Gates	73	34	172	48	32
Avery	72	55	189	65	17
Chowan	69	48	154	42	14
Yancey	68	55	172	63	19
Camden	60	21	148	36	15
Alleghany	58	49	126	45	8
Pamlico	54	23	139	55	19
Perquimans	52	33	145	38	15
Polk	52	55	121	41	7
Graham	47	40	102	29	5
Clay	45	28	109	24	4
Jones	45	23	121	40	20
Hyde	34	12	76	25	13
Tyrrell	20	8	52	11	8

Screen a specific property in North Carolina

County numbers set the context; a deal needs the registry around one address — registered tanks at the parcel, facilities within 500/1,500 ft, leak cleanups with status and distance, every line cited to the official record.

Screen an address — $49

This 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