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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Barton County, KS
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.
162registered tank facilities
99open tanks
393closed tanks
193leak incidents on record
38cleanups still open
38 leak cleanups in
Barton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMPRIDE CONVENIENCE STORE | GREAT BEND | 6 / 6 | Open UST(s) | KS05601 |
| ZIPS SERVICE | GREAT BEND | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | KS01571 |
| GREAT BEND COOP-ELLINWOOD | ELLINWOOD | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | KS06866 |
| CLAFLIN CONVENIENCE STORE, LLC | CLAFLIN | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS12588 |
| CIRCLE K STORES, INC. 2721605 | GREAT BEND | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | KS26370 |
| KAISER'S SHAMROCK SERVICE | HOISINGTON | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | KS14009 |
| ODIN STORE - (ODIN KANSAS) | CLAFLIN | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | KS01619 |
| GREAT BEND COOP-ALBERT | ALBERT | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | KS07922 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve's Standard | Great Bend | 1993-04-15 | — | KSU6-005-00710 |
| Collingwood Grain, Hoisington | Hoisington | 1990-03-13 | gasoline | KSU6-005-00293 |
| Kansas Oil | Great Bend | 1989-07-17 | gasoline | KSU6-005-00136 |
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 162 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 38 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