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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Dona Ana County, NM
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.
381registered tank facilities
188open tanks
836closed tanks
189leak incidents on record
56cleanups still open
56 leak cleanups in
Dona Ana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAS CRUCES TRAVEL CENTER | LAS CRUCES | 12 / 3 | Open UST(s) | NM31213 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS LLC 266 | LAS CRUCES | 7 / 1 | Open UST(s) | NM29969 |
| LOVES COUNTRY STORE 259 | LAS CRUCES | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM29169 |
| PIC QUIK STORES INC NO 15 | HATCH | 5 / 1 | Open UST(s) | NM28741 |
| SUN MART 675 | VADO | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM32014 |
| CHROME OUTLET DBA NATIONAL TRUCK STOP | VADO | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NM29572 |
| COUNTRY CLUB SHELL | LAS CRUCES | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NM1168 |
| CORNER STORE NO 1289 | LAS CRUCES | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NM27613 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARTER HOSP OF SANTA TERESA | SANTA TERESA | not reported | — | NM3382 |
| LA MESA MERCANTILE | LA MESA | not reported | — | NM2173 |
| LA MESA MERCANTILE/2 | LA MESA | not reported | — | NM2419 |
| EAGLE GROCERY | LA MESA | not reported | — | NM4684 |
| HWY 478 AND HANNAH CT | MESQUITE | not reported | — | NM4665 |
| SILVA SANITATION | MESQUITE | not reported | — | NM4661 |
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 381 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 56 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 2026-07-21