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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Fayette 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.
104registered tank facilities
44open tanks
225closed tanks
82leak incidents on record
12cleanups still open
12 leak cleanups in
Fayette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Stop Travel Center | Vandalia | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL6043651 |
| South Central FS, Inc. | Vandalia | 4 / 7 | Open UST(s) | IL6002467 |
| Mach 1 Food Shop | Vandalia | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL6017284 |
| Jack Flash - Farina | Farina | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL6007996 |
| Murphy Oil USA #7021 | Vandalia | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL6041911 |
| Jack Flash Vandalia | Vandalia | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL6040530 |
| Mach 1 Food Shop | Vandalia | 2 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL6007356 |
| Mac's #1227 | Vandalia | 2 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL6006094 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy, Kenneth | Ramsey | 2014-10-07 | Gasoline | IL510205007_20141148 |
| Keller Oil | St. Elmo | 2000-04-05 | Gasoline Diesel UsedOil | IL510255019_20000610 |
| Keller Oil Co. | St. Elmo | 1999-12-07 | Gasoline Diesel UsedOil | IL510255019_992701 |
| Quandt, Henry | St. Peter | 1999-02-16 | Diesel | IL510305003_990367 |
| Oldfield, Greg | Vandalia | 1998-12-21 | Gasoline | IL510355036_983132 |
| Seminary Township | Mulberry Grove | 1997-10-23 | Gasoline | IL518135002_972028 |
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 104 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 12 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