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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Hidalgo County, NM
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.
49registered tank facilities
20open tanks
118closed tanks
31leak incidents on record
7cleanups still open
7 leak cleanups in
Hidalgo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVES COUNTRY STORE 276 | LORDSBURG | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM29165 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS LLC 163 | LORDSBURG | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM29970 |
| FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA #690 | LORDSBURG | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM54588 |
| CORNER STORE NO 1293 | LORDSBURG | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NM27617 |
| TRAIL TOWN CHEVRON | LORDSBURG | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM54415 |
| BORDER COWBOY TRUCK STOPS 2 | LORDSBURG | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | NM27014 |
| FREEWAY CHEVRON | LORDSBURG | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | NM28172 |
| ROAD FORKS TRUCK STOP | ROAD FORKS | 0 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NM50179 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDAS | ANIMAS | not reported | — | NM4419 |
| LOVES COUNTRY STORE 276 | LORDSBURG | not reported | — | NM4496 |
| WESTSIDE TEXACO | LORDSBURG | not reported | — | NM937 |
| SAVE GAS 1, LORDSBURG | LORDSBURG | not reported | — | NM4447 |
| QUICK SHOP/CALICO GRAPHICS | LORDSBURG | not reported | — | NM3407 |
| BORDER COWBOY RESTRT | LORDSBURG | not reported | — | NM2433 |
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 49 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 7 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