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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Cherokee County, TX
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.
202registered tank facilities
121open tanks
395closed tanks
72leak incidents on record
8cleanups still open
8 leak cleanups in
Cherokee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW SUMMERFIELD COUNTRY STORE | NEW SUMMERFIELD | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX70761 |
| FAMOUS FOOD MART | RUSK | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX93113 |
| LUCKY STOP 3 | ALTO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX70763 |
| RITE TRACK 7 | JACKSONVILLE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX61431 |
| PAC & SAC | JACKSONVILLE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX57156 |
| LUCKYS 1 | JACKSONVILLE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX39743 |
| TIGER EXPRESS 6 | JACKSONVILLE | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | TX39745 |
| J & P KWIK STOP | RUSK | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | TX47815 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRIPES 5272 | RUSK | 2017-03-06 | — | TX120208 |
| ESSEX TEXACO | RUSK | 2016-11-21 | — | TX120137 |
| PICK-N-PACK | RUSK | 2016-10-07 | — | TX120088 |
| TEXAS STATE RR HISTORICAL PARK | RUSK | 2012-03-01 | — | TX118861 |
| KEY FOOD 4 | RUSK | 2004-04-29 | — | TX116199 |
| CORNER MARKET 102 | JACKSONVILLE | 1998-12-15 | — | TX113973 |
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 202 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 8 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