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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Menard 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.
45registered tank facilities
16open tanks
111closed tanks
29leak incidents on record
18cleanups still open
18 leak cleanups in
Menard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert's Service | Athens | 3 / 7 | Open UST(s) | IL5013586 |
| Ayerco #8 | Petersburg | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL5020792 |
| New Salem Fast Stop | Petersburg | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5036312 |
| Casey's #2617 | Greenview | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5042992 |
| Casey's General Store #2333 | Petersburg | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5040256 |
| Casey's General Store | Athens | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5031728 |
| Hanson Material Service | Athens | 1 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL5020160 |
| White's Marathon | Petersburg | 0 / 11 | Closed UST(s) | IL5015825 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDonald, Doug | Petersburg | 2014-08-20 | Unleaded | IL1290205009_20140970 |
| R & H Farm & Home, Inc. | Petersburg | 2013-09-18 | — | IL1290205022_20131032 |
| R & H Farm & Home, Inc. | Petersburg | 2013-08-26 | Unleaded Diesel | IL1290205022_20130948 |
| Nelson Oil Company | Greenview | 2011-12-14 | Gasoline Diesel | IL1290105013_20111333 |
| McGregor, Donald | Tallula | 2002-11-27 | Gasoline | IL1290255003_20021726 |
| Nelson Oil Company, Inc. | Greenview | 1999-08-12 | Diesel UsedOil | IL1290105013_991900 |
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 45 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 18 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