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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Jo Daviess 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.
131registered tank facilities
60open tanks
293closed tanks
91leak incidents on record
30cleanups still open
30 leak cleanups in
Jo Daviess 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton Travel Center | Stockton | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1043149 |
| Express Lane Gas & Food Mart | Stockton | 4 / 9 | Open UST(s) | IL1025344 |
| Elizabeth Fast Stop | Elizabeth | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1046084 |
| Warren Farmers Exchange, Inc. | Warren | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL1016392 |
| Thriving Thistle Market | Apple River | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL1005924 |
| Casey's General Store #2505 | Stockton | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL1013455 |
| Louis A Timp | Galena | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL1024464 |
| Big 10 Mart #6 | East Dubuque | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1019814 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBT Real Estate, LLC | Galena | 2017-10-27 | Gasoline | IL850205056_20170985 |
| IL Dept. of Transportation, Dist. # 2 | East Dubuque | 2017-08-23 | Gasoline | IL850105005_20170774 |
| Optimum Ventures, LLC | Apple River | 2014-11-10 | Gasoline Diesel | IL850055001_20141272 |
| The Little Keg, Inc. | Elizabeth | 2014-02-06 | Gasoline | IL850155012_20140140 |
| WSG, Inc. | Galena | 2012-11-03 | Gasoline | IL850205051_20121155 |
| Frentress Lake Marina Center | East Dubuque | 2012-03-05 | Gasoline | IL850100008_20120175 |
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 131 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 30 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