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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Adams County, WA
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.
191registered tank facilities
71open tanks
428closed tanks
11leak incidents on record
10cleanups still open
10 leak cleanups in
Adams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP 514 | Ritzville | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | WA14158 |
| BOB'S KORNER | Othello | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | WA53697146 |
| OTHELLO HAWK FUEL | Othello | 4 / 8 | Open UST(s) | WA561 |
| RANCH PETROLEUM, INC | Lind | 4 / 7 | Open UST(s) | WA95376457 |
| CONOCO SELF SERVICE | Othello | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | WA26596547 |
| JAKES EXXON | Ritzville | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | WA12224548 |
| RITZ FOOD MART | Ritzville | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | WA6965968 |
| STAHL FARMS | Ritzville | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | WA94712212 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTHELLO QUICK STOP 5 | OTHELLO | not reported | Benzene | WA8106 |
| PIK A POP 12 | OTHELLO | not reported | Benzene | WA14479 |
| HUSKY SERVICE STATION | LIND | not reported | Petroleum-Other | WA8325 |
| JAKES EXXON | RITZVILLE | not reported | Petroleum-Other | WA7926 |
| RANCH PETROLEUM | LIND | not reported | Petroleum-Other | WA11201 |
| ASTRO 106 | RITZVILLE | not reported | Benzene | WA9596 |
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 191 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 10 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