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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Fairfield County, OH
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.
207registered tank facilities
186open tanks
442closed tanks
266leak incidents on record
17cleanups still open
17 leak cleanups in
Fairfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTSIES CARRYOUT & SERV STA, IN | LITHOPOLIS | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH23000005 |
| CIRCLE K #5726 | CARROLL | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH23010069 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #211 | LANCASTER | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH23000100 |
| SPEEDWAY #9773 | LANCASTER | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | OH23000127 |
| SPEEDWAY #9226 | CARROLL | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | OH23000129 |
| FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA #699 | MILLERSPORT | 5 / 1 | Open UST(s) | OH23001141 |
| CIRCLE K #5717 | BALTIMORE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH23004393 |
| MEIJER GAS STATION #246 | CANAL WINCHESTER | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH23010070 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRFIELD COUNTY LAND REUTILIZATION CORP (LAND BAN | LANCASTER | 2018-11-26 | — | OH23000182-N00001 |
| LANCASTER SHELL | LANCASTER | 2016-09-16 | — | OH23007100-N00002 |
| WATSON'S SUNOCO | LANCASTER | 2012-02-15 | — | OH23008254-N00001 |
| AMANDA CARRYOUT INC | AMANDA | 2008-05-28 | — | OH23000089-N00001 |
| RUSHVILLE MARATHON | RUSHVILLE | 1999-08-25 | — | OH23009665-N00001 |
| OAKLAND GROCERY | AMANDA | 1998-05-28 | — | OH23005015-N00002 |
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 207 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 17 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