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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Baraga County, MI
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.
89registered tank facilities
41open tanks
206closed tanks
45leak incidents on record
23cleanups still open
23 leak cleanups in
Baraga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krist Food Mart # 20 | L' ANSE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI15307 |
| Northern Oil I. Inc | BARAGA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI37339 |
| Northern Oil 1, Inc. | Baraga | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KBIC5011 |
| Pines Convenience Center | Baraga | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KBIC5019 |
| Holiday Stationstore #168 | LANSE | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI12669 |
| North 141 Travel Plaza | COVINGTON | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI38789 |
| Lute's Corner Store Inc | LANSE | 2 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI9346 |
| Baraga Correctional Facility | BARAGA | 1 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI38744 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ojibwa BP ( Former "Bay Shore BP", "Baraga Mobil Mart") | Baraga | 2023-11-28 | Diesel | R5-0423 |
| Ojibwa BP ( Former "Bay Shore BP", "Baraga Mobil Mart") | Baraga | 2023-11-28 | Gasoline (containing <=10% ethanol) | R5-0422 |
| Holiday Stationstore #168 | L'Anse | 2003-12-03 | Gasoline | MIC-1269-90 |
| Lanse Bulk | L'Anse | 2002-05-30 | Gasoline,Diesel,Diesel,Diesel,Diesel,Gasoline | MIC-0283-02 |
| Pelkie Co-op | PELKIE | 2000-06-23 | Unknown | MIC-1012-00 |
| Maki Oil L'anse Office | L'Anse | 1998-02-06 | Diesel | MIC-0105-98 |
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 89 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 23 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