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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Palo Pinto 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.
164registered tank facilities
84open tanks
354closed tanks
81leak incidents on record
7cleanups still open
7 leak cleanups in
Palo Pinto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAR-B TRAVEL PLAZA | GORDON | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | TX38216 |
| STRIPES 2434 | SANTO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX131327 |
| MR C FOOD STORE 2 | MINERAL WELLS | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX107784 |
| TOMMYS 15 | MINERAL WELLS | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX41737 |
| MR C FOOD STORE 7 | MINERAL WELLS | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX38357 |
| MR C FOOD STORE 8 | GRAFORD | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX46756 |
| SANTO MERCANTILE | SANTO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX79800 |
| TOMMYS 3 | SANTO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX106382 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EZ MART 297 | MINERAL WELLS | 2018-03-22 | — | TX120486 |
| EZ MART 300 | MINERAL WELLS | 2018-03-14 | — | TX120575 |
| KWIK DISCOUNT GROCERY | MINERAL WELLS | 2013-10-09 | — | TX119259 |
| AWARD OIL | MINERAL WELLS | 2010-03-30 | — | TX118329 |
| GS GAS GROCERY | MINERAL WELLS | 2007-05-23 | — | TX117244 |
| SAMS DOCK | GRAFORD | 2007-03-28 | — | TX117331 |
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 164 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 7 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