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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Buffalo County, NE
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.
64registered tank facilities
150open tanks
21closed tanks
263leak incidents on record
10cleanups still open
10 leak cleanups in
Buffalo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPEEDEE MART 2767 KEARNEY | KEARNEY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE1124 |
| FARMERS UNION COOP ASSOC | KEARNEY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE122 |
| CHS AGRI SERVICE CENTER BULK PLANT | ELM CREEK | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12484 |
| K & K CONVENIENCE STORE | SHELTON | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6185 |
| FARMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION | RAVENNA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE140 |
| FAST PHIL PLAZA | KEARNEY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6820 |
| CASEYs GENERAL STORE #3298 | KEARNEY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12311 |
| FORT KEARNEY TRADING POST | GIBBON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11976 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIDAL GAS COMPANY | KEARNEY | 2018-06-19 | GASOLINE | NE 081618-TH-0855 |
| K & S SERVICE | MILLER | 2017-10-12 | GASOLINE, DIESEL | NE 121817-TH-0810 |
| PARKER LUMBER & SERVICE | AMHERST | 1996-03-21 | GASOLINE & DIESEL | NE 032296-JB-0810 |
| BOBS AUTOMOTIVE | GIBBON | 1996-01-15 | UNKNOWN | NE 120997-NM-0900 |
| LITTLE USA | KEARNEY | 1994-04-26 | GASOLINE AND DIESEL | NE 100494-GW-1530 |
| MASTERS TRANSPORTATION | KEARNEY | 1993-10-28 | GASOLINE | NE 102993-NM-1530 |
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 64 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 10 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