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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Kaufman County, TX
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.
242registered tank facilities
209open tanks
445closed tanks
89leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Kaufman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERRELL TRAVELCENTER 233 | TERRELL | 11 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX52410 |
| QUIKTRIP 993 | TERRELL | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX131877 |
| BUC-EES 36 | TERRELL | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX131838 |
| MARLOW OIL | TERRELL | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX93876 |
| CORNER STORE 4532 | TERRELL | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX49262 |
| KOUNTRY KORNER | KAUFMAN | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX47860 |
| MATLOCKS COUNTRY CORNER | COMBINE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX91092 |
| KNOX SUPER STOP | — | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX39112 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE CUP DRIVE IN | MABANK | 2015-04-10 | — | TX119648 |
| JACKRABBIT QUICK STOP | FORNEY | 2014-01-13 | — | TX119397 |
| FORMER GAS STATION | KEMP | 2011-11-21 | — | TX118722 |
| BRISCOE OIL | TERRELL | 2008-05-15 | — | TX117889 |
| FORMER JEANS PLACE | GUN BARREL CITY | 2007-02-26 | — | TX118734 |
| STOP FAST CONVENIENCE STORE | KEMP | 2006-03-31 | — | TX116809 |
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 242 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 6 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