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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Ross 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.
194registered tank facilities
194open tanks
399closed tanks
236leak incidents on record
9cleanups still open
9 leak cleanups in
Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER | CHILLICOTHE | 7 / 12 | Open UST(s) | OH71009109 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #597 | CHILLICOTHE | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH71010064 |
| VALERO PAINT STREET XPRESS | CHILLICOTHE | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH71000175 |
| FARMER'S MARKET | CHILLICOTHE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH71000128 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #91 | CHILLICOTHE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH71000105 |
| YOUNG FAMILY MARKET | CHILLICOTHE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH71010040 |
| ROSS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION | CHILLICOTHE | 4 / 12 | Open UST(s) | OH71000152 |
| SPEEDWAY #5224 | CHILLICOTHE | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | OH71000143 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILLICOTHE TELEPHONE CO. | CHILLICOTHE | 2018-06-01 | — | OH71009268-N00001 |
| BAINBRIDGE SUNOCO | BAINBRIDGE | 2018-01-22 | — | OH71002219-N00001 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #91 | CHILLICOTHE | 2014-10-02 | — | OH71000105-N00001 |
| SPEEDWAY #1206 | CHILLICOTHE | 2007-12-03 | — | OH71000055-N00008 |
| SPEEDWAY #1206 | CHILLICOTHE | 2000-12-08 | — | OH71000055-N00007 |
| GIBSON'S GROCERY | WAVERLY | 1999-11-30 | — | OH71000584-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 194 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 9 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