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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Hidalgo 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.
1,163registered tank facilities
756open tanks
1,967closed tanks
541leak incidents on record
32cleanups still open
32 leak cleanups in
Hidalgo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA 727 | EDINBURG | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX118819 |
| BILL-E-BOB | EDINBURG | 6 / 2 | Open UST(s) | TX67049 |
| WESLACO TRUCK TERMINAL | WESLACO | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX115932 |
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP 739 | DONNA | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX134781 |
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP 284 | EDINBURG | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX116516 |
| 7-ELEVEN 40656 | MCALLEN | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX77890 |
| ROAD RANGER 267 | PHARR | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX115026 |
| MR FAST | MCALLEN | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX95747 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-ELEVEN STORE 40672 | MCALLEN | 2018-03-07 | — | TX120511 |
| STRIPES 7320 | EDINBURG | 2018-03-05 | — | TX120530 |
| STRIPES 9625 | MCALLEN | 2017-12-11 | — | TX120410 |
| STRIPES 2554 | MISSION | 2017-12-01 | — | TX120438 |
| STRIPES 9673 | MCALLEN | 2017-11-03 | — | TX120419 |
| STRIPES 9646 | MCALLEN | 2017-10-20 | — | TX120448 |
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 1,163 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 32 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