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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Cherokee County, AL
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.
100registered tank facilities
75open tanks
195closed tanks
20leak incidents on record
7cleanups still open
7 leak cleanups in
Cherokee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTON'S AMOCO & NURSERY | CEDAR BLUFF | 5 / 1 | Open UST(s) | AL12903 |
| MARKS EXXON | CENTRE | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | AL5713 |
| GRUB MART #13 BP | CENTRE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL18171 |
| HILLS 411 GROCERY-PURE | CENTRE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL17952 |
| CENTRE PACIFIC PRIDE | CENTRE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL17954 |
| MAVERIX EXPRESS | LEESBURG | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL18698 |
| PETRO 78 | CENTRE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL777 |
| CENTRE TEXACO | CENTRE | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | AL5137 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTON'S EXPRESS MART #3 | CENTRE | 2011-10-01 | — | AL4363 |
| MIDWAY VARIETY PURE | CENTRE | 2008-02-01 | — | AL2228 |
| BIG OAK CAMPGROUND | CEDAR BLUFF | 1999-09-01 | — | AL1475 |
| S & S CONVENIENCE STORE (LTF-1016) | CENTRE | 1996-01-01 | — | AL4094 |
| TILLERY SERVICE STATION (LTF-1044) | LEESBURG | 1994-11-01 | — | AL1387 |
| COUNTRY STORE | CEDAR BLUFF | 1994-10-01 | — | AL2412 |
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 100 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 7 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