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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Knox County, TN
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.
1,119registered tank facilities
827open tanks
2,574closed tanks
1,022leak incidents on record
12cleanups still open
12 leak cleanups in
Knox 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.
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSN LLC dba EZ Food Mart | Knoxville | 2018-06-14 | — | TN2470141-4 |
| West Haven Auto Parts | Knoxville | 2018-06-11 | — | TN2471255-1 |
| Pilot Travel Center no. 270 | Knoxville | 2018-05-02 | — | TN2470438-8 |
| Indu Sai 5 | Knoxville | 2017-06-06 | — | TN2470050-6 |
| Top Food and Gas | Knoxville | 2016-12-07 | — | TN2470783-3 |
| Tri-County Bulk Plant | Knoxville | 2016-10-24 | — | TN2470693-17 |
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 1,119 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