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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in DeKalb County, IN
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.
146registered tank facilities
97open tanks
345closed tanks
68leak incidents on record
18cleanups still open
18 leak cleanups in
DeKalb 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.
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hucks Food & Fuel #318 | Garrett | not reported | — | IN200012173 |
| Torco Food Mart | Garrett | not reported | — | IN201801505 |
| See Fid 519 | Garrett | not reported | — | IN198611039 |
| Alpha 3 Manufacturing Corp | Garrett | not reported | — | IN198705008 |
| WalMart Distribution Center 6074 | Auburn | not reported | — | IN201804509 |
| Auburn Fuel Mart 108 | Auburn | not reported | — | IN199603509 |
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 146 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