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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Rio Arriba 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.
178registered tank facilities
76open tanks
317closed tanks
91leak incidents on record
45cleanups still open
45 leak cleanups in
Rio Arriba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIGIL EDWARD E JUNIOR | CHAMA | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NM31497 |
| GIANT 373 | ESPANOLA | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NM30103 |
| OhKay Travel Center | San Juan Pueblo | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | 0038NM |
| SAN PEDRO FOOD MART SHELL | ESPANOLA | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NM1772 |
| ALLSUPS - NO314 | ESPANOLA | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM1219 |
| LA TIENDITA STORE | ALCALDE | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM29004 |
| GIANT 862 | ESPANOLA | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM47693 |
| Jicarilla Travel Center | Dulce | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | 0131NM |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIANT DBA GASAMAT 7555 | ESPANOLA | not reported | — | NM3605 |
| A S 7 TO 11 MINI MART | FAIRVIEW | not reported | — | NM4043 |
| THRIFTWAY 183 | ESPANOLA | not reported | — | NM455 |
| SAN PEDRO FOOD | ESPANOLA | not reported | — | NM1301 |
| HACIENDA DE SALUD | ESPANOLA | not reported | — | NM3413 |
| GONZALES CHRYSLER | ESPANOLA | not reported | — | NM2489 |
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 178 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 45 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