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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Socorro 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.
89registered tank facilities
39open tanks
228closed tanks
48leak incidents on record
23cleanups still open
23 leak cleanups in
Socorro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-ELEVEN #743 | SOCORRO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM28854 |
| GOOD 2 GO #314 | SOCORRO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM30661 |
| CIRCLE K STORE NO6000 | SOCORRO | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | NM30574 |
| GOOD 2 GO #313 | SOCORRO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM1926 |
| WINSTON AUTO SERVICE | MAGDALENA | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM31653 |
| ROADRUNNER TRAVEL CENTER INC | LEMITAR | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM46494 |
| SANTA FE DINER AND TRUCK STOP | SOCORRO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM8976 |
| SOCORRO EXXON | SOCORRO | 2 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NM31068 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIDIOS | BOSQUE | not reported | — | NM3111 |
| NM FIRE FIGHTERS TRAINING ACADEMY | SOCORRO | not reported | — | NM4752 |
| SOCORRO BULK PLANT | SOCORRO | not reported | — | NM4455 |
| SOCORRO EXXON | SOCORRO | not reported | — | NM4705 |
| MIKE'S TEXACO | SOCORRO | not reported | — | NM2562 |
| CHEVRON 75865 SOCORRO | SOCORRO | not reported | — | NM454 |
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 89 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 23 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