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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Vilas 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.
436registered tank facilities
100open tanks
856closed tanks
180leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Vilas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.D.F Country Market Gas Station | Lac Du Flambeau | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | LDF5005 |
| Tower Standard | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 6 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5011 |
| Grizzly Bills Self Service Gas | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 4 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5010 |
| Lac du Flambeau Town Hall | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 3 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5001 |
| Lac du Flambeau Tribal Campground | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 3 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5003 |
| Former Alvin Bobidish Property | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5002 |
| Peace Pipe Standard | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5006 |
| Outpost Cafe | Lac Du Flambeau | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | LDF5009 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.D.F Country Market Gas Station | Lac Du Flambeau | 2020-09-24 | Gasoline (containing <=10% ethanol) | R5-0432 |
| EAGLE RIVER SERVICE ICO | EAGLE RIVER | 2015-06-22 | — | WI03-64-563827 |
| CITGO QUICK FOOD MART - KRIST OIL | EAGLE RIVER | 2012-02-01 | — | WI03-64-558299 |
| TOWER STANDARD SERVICE | LAC DU FLAMBEAU | 1997-05-07 | — | WI03-64-127899 |
| Tower Standard | Lac Du Flambeau | 1997-05-07 | Unknown Petroleum | R5-0373 |
| FRANCOIS KEN PROPERTY | LAC DU FLAMBEAU | 1996-06-27 | — | WI03-64-104379 |
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 436 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