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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Lake 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.
407registered tank facilities
366open tanks
932closed tanks
572leak incidents on record
34cleanups still open
34 leak cleanups in
Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBRIZOL CORP. | WICKLIFFE | 20 / 30 | Open UST(s) | OH43000077 |
| CHARDON OIL CO., INC. | PAINESVILLE | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH43000143 |
| SPEEDWAY #5402 | MENTOR | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH43000358 |
| SPEEDWAY #3529 | WILLOUGHBY | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH43000008 |
| SPEEDWAY #3060 | WILLOWICK | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH43000015 |
| SPEEDWAY #3350 | WILLOUGHBY | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | OH43000001 |
| SHEETZ #394 | MENTOR | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH43010839 |
| CHAGRIN LAGOONS YACHT CLUB, INC. | EASTLAKE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH43000114 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINKYS BEVERAGE | PAINESVILLE | 2018-03-27 | — | OH43000159-N00002 |
| R DEMOLITION | WICKLIFFE | 2017-11-06 | — | OH43010866-N00001 |
| 7-ELEVEN STORE #36216 | EASTLAKE | 2017-10-13 | — | OH43000273-N00003 |
| SEARS ROEBUCK & CO. | MENTOR | 2017-07-21 | — | OH43000279-N00002 |
| Speedway #3998 | WILLOUGHBY | 2017-05-12 | — | OH43000248-N00006 |
| KEN BAXTER | PAINESVILLE | 2016-12-22 | — | OH43004337-N00003 |
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 407 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 34 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