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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Mecosta 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.
136registered tank facilities
76open tanks
343closed tanks
79leak incidents on record
34cleanups still open
34 leak cleanups in
Mecosta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micheal Oil & Propane | BIG RAPIDS | 8 / 1 | Open UST(s) | MI13429 |
| Pacific Pride | BIG RAPIDS | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI35928 |
| Curries Standard Inc | BIG RAPIDS | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI10051 |
| Admiral Petroleum #20 | BIG RAPIDS | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | MI2487 |
| Beacon & Bridge Market #18 | BIG RAPIDS | 3 / 7 | Open UST(s) | MI6025 |
| Admiral Petroleum #8 | BIG RAPIDS | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | MI2499 |
| Speedway #7279 | BIG RAPIDS | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI9641 |
| Big Rapids Shell | BIG RAPIDS | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI39821 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris State Unversity Heavy Equipment | Big Rapids | 2018-08-01 | Other | MIC-0141-18 |
| Leprino Foods Company | REMUS | 2017-02-14 | Gasoline | MIC-0316-17 |
| Dales Total | Big Rapids | 2016-05-26 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel,Kerosene,Used Oil | MIC-0084-16 |
| Former Bauman's Grocery | Stanwood | 2014-10-28 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0156-14 |
| Paris Market Ltd | Paris | 2013-04-15 | Unknown | MIC-0027-16 |
| George E. Colley | Big Rapids | 2012-01-19 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Kerosene | MIC-0010-12 |
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 136 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 34 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