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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Dawson 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.
53registered tank facilities
108open tanks
41closed tanks
192leak incidents on record
12cleanups still open
12 leak cleanups in
Dawson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUBBYs TRUCK PLAZA | GOTHENBURG | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE1204 |
| FLATWATER FOOD & AUTOMOTIVE LLC | OVERTON | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2997 |
| LEXINGTON C-STORE | LEXINGTON | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE8 |
| SUMNER CAR CARE | SUMNER | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE9 |
| JAY BROS TRAVEL CENTER | OVERTON | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE1113 |
| LEXINGTON AMPRIDE | LEXINGTON | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE1622 |
| FILL-N-CHILL #003 | LEXINGTON | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6320 |
| GOTHENBURG AMPRIDE | GOTHENBURG | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12034 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-8O PIT STOP | GOTHENBURG | 2014-06-09 | PETROLEUM (GAS/DIESEL) | NE 080114-NH-1130 |
| ALL POINTS COOPERATIVE | SUMNER | 2011-09-12 | DIESEL FUEL | NE 091311-JF-0830 |
| APCO | LEXINGTON | 2010-10-19 | GASOLINE | NE 101910-PH-1502 |
| MACS SHORT STOP | LEXINGTON | 1999-03-10 | GASOLINE | NE 060799-TH-1157 |
| BURNS BROTHERS TRK STOP | OVERTON | 1996-06-16 | GASOLINE | NE 030494-GY-0000 |
| SUMNER BRANCH | SUMNER | 1992-08-13 | GASOLINE, DIESEL, WASTE OIL | NE 081492-JB-1100 |
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 53 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 12 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