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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Adams County, OH
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.
87registered tank facilities
62open tanks
213closed tanks
105leak incidents on record
11cleanups still open
11 leak cleanups in
Adams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARATHON FOOD MART | SEAMAN | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH1006808 |
| MARATHON FOOD MART | PEEBLES | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH1006797 |
| 1ST STOP INC. | WEST UNION | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH1000143 |
| SPEEDWAY #9597 | WEST UNION | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH1002577 |
| COMMUNITY FUEL | WEST UNION | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH1009875 |
| PEEBLES QUICK MART | PEEBLES | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH1004155 |
| PEEBLES 1ST STOP | PEEBLES | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | OH1000054 |
| J. M. STUART ELEC GENERATING STA | ABERDEEN | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | OH1000090 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1ST STOP | WEST UNION | 2018-08-08 | — | OH01009329-N00005 |
| 1ST STOP | WEST UNION | 2017-01-30 | — | OH01009329-N00003 |
| OTTER TEST | Reynoldsburg | 2012-07-06 | — | OH01009880-N00006 |
| LAND BANK | MANCHESTER | 2011-01-28 | — | OH01002739-N00001 |
| OTTER TEST | Reynoldsburg | 2009-01-01 | — | OH01009880-N00003 |
| PALMER'S ASHLAND | MANCHESTER | 1998-11-18 | — | OH01000579-N00001 |
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 87 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 11 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