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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Mower 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.
125registered tank facilities
91open tanks
327closed tanks
106leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Mower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Valu Center #5 | Austin | 2017-10-03 | — | MNLS0020499 |
| W Bustad Crane Service Inc | Austin | 2016-09-13 | — | MNLS0020208 |
| Former Mower County Humane Society | Austin | 2013-09-06 | — | MNLS0019243 |
| CBR Drilling Inc/Former Windmill Travel Center | Dexter | 2009-01-09 | — | MNLS0017506 |
| Ankeny's Mini Mart #6 | Austin | 2003-10-07 | — | MNLS0015440 |
| L&L Motor Mart - Peterson Service | Racine | 1999-08-26 | — | MNLS0012910 |
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 125 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 6 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