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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Fairfax County County, VA
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.
1,299registered tank facilities
1,078open tanks
3,078closed tanks
1,026leak incidents on record
8cleanups still open
8 leak cleanups in
Fairfax County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJs Wholesale Club BJs Gas | Fairfax | 2017-12-01 | — | VA20183111 |
| Wingate by Wyndham Springfield | Springfield | 2017-02-24 | — | VA20173179 |
| 7 Eleven 10794 | Lorton | 2016-03-31 | — | VA20163174 |
| Heritage Mall Citgo | Annandale | 2012-11-09 | — | VA20133070 |
| Parks Auto Service | Falls Church | 2010-11-23 | — | VA20113119 |
| Sunoco 0004 4602 | Falls Church | 2010-03-11 | — | VA20103239 |
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 1,299 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 8 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