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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Itasca County, MN
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.
273registered tank facilities
150open tanks
668closed tanks
200leak incidents on record
13cleanups still open
13 leak cleanups in
Itasca 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Mini Store | Squaw Lake | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | LLBO5012 |
| Winnie Trading Post | Deer River | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | LLBO5075 |
| Squaw Lake Cooperative | Squaw Lake | 0 / 12 | Closed UST(s) | LLBO5015 |
| Gosh Dam Place | Deer River | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | LLBO5016 |
| Eagles Nest Lodge | Deer River | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | LLBO5059 |
| Mertes Garage | Squaw Lake | 0 / 4 | Closed UST(s) | LLBO5014 |
| Max Store | Max | 0 / 3 | Closed UST(s) | LLBO5053 |
| Deer River Truck Station | Deer River | 0 / 3 | Closed UST(s) | LLBO5069 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effie Country Service | Effie | 2018-06-20 | — | MNLS0020712 |
| Former Gas Station | Nashwauk | 2018-06-11 | — | MNLS0020703 |
| Jacks Auto Service Center | Grand Rapids | 2018-05-03 | — | MNLS0020676 |
| Latvala 76 Station | Nashwauk | 2018-04-03 | Hydraulic Fluid | MNLS0020653 |
| The Pump House | Grand Rapids | 2017-05-31 | — | MNLS0020396 |
| Keewatin City Garage | Keewatin | 2016-12-12 | — | MNLS0020285 |
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 273 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 13 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