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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Portage County, WI
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.
508registered tank facilities
156open tanks
1,001closed tanks
227leak incidents on record
8cleanups still open
8 leak cleanups in
Portage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTANY WILDE SPILL | STEVENS POINT | 2016-06-06 | — | WI03-50-577287 |
| THE STORE #55 | STEVENS POINT | 2015-01-07 | — | WI03-50-563114 |
| SPINDLER DENNIS PROPERTY | LINWOOD TN | 1999-12-03 | — | WI03-50-240715 |
| BOWENS GARAGE | BANCROFT | 1996-07-18 | — | WI03-50-106555 |
| CONTAMINATION DETECTED | GRANT TN | 1996-06-11 | — | WI03-50-102509 |
| SPIRITLAND STORE | ALMOND TN | 1995-03-31 | — | WI03-50-001258 |
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 508 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