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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Rusk 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.
233registered tank facilities
117open tanks
542closed tanks
98leak incidents on record
5cleanups still open
5 leak cleanups in
Rusk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1ST FOOD & BAKERY | MT ENTERPRISE | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX90320 |
| FAST STOP 102 | HENDERSON | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | TX80717 |
| HOT SPOT | TATUM | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX54824 |
| J C FOOD MART 3 | HENDERSON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX81658 |
| JJS FAST STOP 235 | HENDERSON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX80718 |
| ANGELS COUNTRY CORNER | HENDERSON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX97217 |
| J BUNNYS | SELMAN CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX83993 |
| FOOD FAST 1011 | HENDERSON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX62227 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VELVIN OIL CO | HENDERSON | 2011-06-21 | — | TX118630 |
| RUSK REALTY CO | HENDERSON | 2008-05-13 | — | TX117775 |
| KIRBY OVERTON | OVERTON | 1997-11-10 | — | TX112920 |
| SHIRLEYS PIC PAY | HENDERSON | 1990-09-07 | — | TX96683 |
| SHORT STOP FINA 9 | TATUM | not reported | — | TX114962 |
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 233 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 5 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