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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Athens 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.
133registered tank facilities
121open tanks
266closed tanks
169leak incidents on record
12cleanups still open
12 leak cleanups in
Athens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKLEY BROS INC | THE PLAINS | 6 / 4 | Open UST(s) | OH5000131 |
| SPEEDWAY#9235 | ATHENS | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | OH5000066 |
| LITTLE WASHINGTON STORE | ALBANY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH5003558 |
| SEAMANS EXXON | ATHENS | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH5000006 |
| OU PHYSICAL PLANT GARAGE | ATHENS | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | OH5000004 |
| GLOUSTER E-Z MART INC | GLOUSTER | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | OH5008474 |
| BP SERVICE STATION | ATHENS | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | OH5000111 |
| BP OIL CO. #08206 | ATHENS | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | OH5000112 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GO-MART STORE #112 | ATHENS | 2012-06-20 | — | OH05003690-N00001 |
| NELSONVILLE YORK CITY SCHOOLS | NELSONVILLE | 1998-12-15 | — | OH05000013-N00001 |
| NELSONVILLE CAR CARE CENTER | NELSONVILLE | 1998-06-24 | — | OH05002264-N00001 |
| SUGARCREEK STORE | ATHENS | 1998-05-24 | — | OH05009862-N00001 |
| KETCHUM'S GENERAL STORE | HOCKINGPORT | 1995-03-21 | — | OH05003602-N00001 |
| GLOUSTER CITGO | GLOUSTER | 1994-06-10 | — | OH05000097-N00002 |
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 133 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