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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Coles County, IL
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.
172registered tank facilities
78open tanks
384closed tanks
133leak incidents on record
29cleanups still open
29 leak cleanups in
Coles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambo Service | Charleston | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL4017320 |
| Lakeland Foods & Gas, Inc. | Mattoon | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL4013180 |
| Lambo's Amoco III | Mattoon | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL4038592 |
| Rural King | Mattoon | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4038943 |
| Mach 1 Food Shop | Charleston | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL4013827 |
| Lambo's Amoco II | Mattoon | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL4017249 |
| Coles County Airport Authority | Mattoon | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL4000531 |
| Mac's #1232 | Mattoon | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL4006088 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Walker Construction Company | Mattoon | 2016-01-21 | Gasoline | IL290255126_20160064 |
| B & C Auto Sales | Oakland | 2014-01-16 | Gasoline Diesel | IL290305019_20140064 |
| Dunn's Marathon | Mattoon | 2013-11-29 | Gasoline Diesel | IL298060005_20131281 |
| Prospect Holding, LLC | Charleston | 2013-11-05 | Gasoline Diesel | IL290105065_20131202 |
| Martin & Bayley, Inc. (dba Hucks #175) | Mattoon | 2013-10-15 | Gasoline | IL290255223_20131123 |
| Greenfield & Greenfield Gold Dust LLC | Mattoon | 2013-01-04 | Gasoline | IL290255175_20130017 |
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 172 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 29 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