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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Franklin 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.
48registered tank facilities
32open tanks
103closed tanks
16leak incidents on record
2cleanups still open
2 leak cleanups in
Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVES COUNTRY STORE 279 | MT VERNON | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX104632 |
| SUPER HANDY 8 | MT VERNON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX43529 |
| PETROMAX EXPRESS | MT VERNON | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | TX78355 |
| OUTPOST GAS AND GRILL | WINNSBORO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX95948 |
| DONS TEXACO | — | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX53136 |
| RIGGINS GROC & STATION | — | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX70502 |
| VINYARDS COUNTRY MARKET | SCROGGINS | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX78274 |
| CEFCO 1050 | — | 2 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX84551 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER | MOUNT VERNON | 2008-07-17 | — | TX118352 |
| MOREHEAD TEXACO | MT VERNON | 1997-12-10 | — | TX113326 |
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 48 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 2 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