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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Hand 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.
18registered tank facilities
20open tanks
30closed tanks
29leak incidents on record
4cleanups still open
4 leak cleanups in
Hand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUMP N PAK | MILLER | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SD33-00020 |
| COWBOY COUNTRY STORE | MILLER | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SD33-00016 |
| SD DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION | MILLER | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SD33-00022 |
| TOTAL (CENEX) | MILLER | 0 / 6 | Closed UST(s) | SD33-00015 |
| NIEDERAUER OIL | MILLER | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | SD33-00021 |
| STOBBS SALES INC | MILLER | 0 / 4 | Closed UST(s) | SD33-00006 |
| SUNSHINE BIBLE ACADEMY | MILLER | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | SD33-00010 |
| REE HEIGHTS REPAIR | REE HEIGHTS | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | SD33-00008 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Contamination - Former Gas Stop | Miller | 2013-08-01 | Petroleum | SD2013.176 |
| Niederauer Conoco | Miller | 1991-08-08 | petroleum | SD91.349 |
| Community Oil Company | Miller | 1991-05-15 | Petroleum | SD91.203 |
| Niederauer Oil Company | Miller | 1988-10-13 | Gasoline | SD88.193 |
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 18 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