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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Butte County, SD
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.
69registered tank facilities
32open tanks
166closed tanks
66leak incidents on record
4cleanups still open
4 leak cleanups in
Butte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELLE FOURCHE TRAVEL CENTER | BELLE FOURCHE | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00072 |
| BIG D OIL COMPANY #2 | BELLE FOURCHE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00050 |
| MASON'S 5TH AVE | BELLE FOURCHE | 3 / 7 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00020 |
| SD DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION | BELLE FOURCHE | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00056 |
| 212-79 SERVICE CENTER | NEWELL | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00018 |
| SOUTHSIDE STANDARD | BELLE FOURCHE | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00009 |
| COMMON CENTS #123 | BELLE FOURCHE | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00041 |
| SD DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION | NEWELL | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SD15-00071 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Trebelcock Staton Site (also see 2001757) | Belle Fourche | 2018-05-03 | Petroleum | SD2018.072 |
| A & F Oil Company - Line Leaks | Newell | 1998-06-02 | petroleum | SD98.124 |
| SD DOT Shop - Line Leaks | Belle Fourche | 1991-05-15 | Petroleum | SD91.202 |
| Newell Irrigation District Site - Tank Removal | Vale | 1989-11-06 | Gasoline | SD89.296 |
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 69 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 4 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