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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Lancaster County, NE
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.
226registered tank facilities
589open tanks
25closed tanks
961leak incidents on record
140cleanups still open
140 leak cleanups in
Lancaster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOEMAKERS TRUCK STATION | LINCOLN | 10 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12462 |
| WHITEHEAD OIL BULK PLANT | LINCOLN | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2943 |
| SAPP BROS LINCOLN | LINCOLN | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11777 |
| COSTCO GASOLINE #1285 | LINCOLN | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12736 |
| ERNIEs TOTAL | LINCOLN | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE3923 |
| U STOP #17 | HICKMAN | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12683 |
| SHOEMAKERs TRUCK STOP SOUTH | LINCOLN | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11650 |
| WESTERN OIL II LLC DBE SPEEDEE MART #2810 | LINCOLN | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12389 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUPER C | LINCOLN | 2018-08-16 | GASOLINE | NE 081718-JB-0825 |
| RYDER TRUCK RENTAL | LINCOLN | 2018-05-18 | DIESEL | NE 051818-NM-1645 |
| GOODWILL IND TANK SITE | LINCOLN | 2018-05-07 | WASTE OIL | NE 050818-NH-1200 |
| CANDY FACTORY TANK SITE | LINCOLN | 2018-04-12 | UNK | NE 041318-NH-0830 |
| CASEYS GENERAL STORE 2978 | LINCOLN | 2017-11-10 | GASOLINE | NE 122017-TH-1522 |
| T'S STOP & SHOP #2 | LINCOLN | 2017-06-26 | GASOLINE, DIESEL | NE 101017-TH-1413 |
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 226 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 140 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