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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Richardson 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.
13registered tank facilities
22open tanks
8closed tanks
56leak incidents on record
10cleanups still open
10 leak cleanups in
Richardson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAPP BROS 66 FOOD PLAZA | FALLS CITY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE3936 |
| KWIK SHOP #648 | FALLS CITY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE652 |
| SAPP BROS PETROLEUM | HUMBOLDT | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12478 |
| CASEYS GENERAL STORE #1790 | FALLS CITY | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11134 |
| FALLS CITY BUS BARN | FALLS CITY | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12004 |
| RICHARDSON COUNTY DEPT OF ROADS | FALLS CITY | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE7149 |
| THE STATION SERVICE CENTER | HUMBOLDT | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2690 |
| VICES STATION | STELLA | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE5702 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAPP BROS 66 FOOD PLAZA | FALLS CITY | 2013-06-07 | DIESEL | NE 071913-TH-1525 |
| ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH | FALLS CITY | 2009-07-23 | UNKNOWN (PETROLEUM) | NE 072309-KM-1630 |
| FARMERS COOP OIL ASSN | VERDON | 1998-04-09 | GASOLINE & DIESEL | NE 042098-GW-1415 |
| RAMER OIL & PROPANE | STELLA | 1997-07-13 | GASOLINE | NE 091297-CT-0900 |
| FREDERICK SERVICE | RULO | 1997-03-07 | GASOLINE | NE 031097-GW-0830 |
| FALLS CITY SCH. BUS BARN | FALLS CITY | 1993-03-22 | GASOLINE | NE 033093-CT-1050 |
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 13 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 10 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