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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Taylor 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.
543registered tank facilities
298open tanks
1,189closed tanks
266leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Taylor 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 738 | TYE | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX105934 |
| YESWAY 1075 | TYE | 6 / 6 | Open UST(s) | TX84991 |
| ABILENE AERO | ABILENE | 6 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX37921 |
| YESWAY 1077 | TYE | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | TX84990 |
| CITY OF ABILENE FLEET MAINTENANCE FACILITY | ABILENE | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | TX55827 |
| YESWAY 1051 | ABILENE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX73337 |
| ALLSUPS 325 | ABILENE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX56320 |
| ALLSUPS 321 | ABILENE | 4 / 10 | Open UST(s) | TX56318 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WES T GO 1 | ABILENE | 2016-04-15 | — | TX120029 |
| FORMER BANK BUILDING | ABILENE | 2011-04-08 | — | TX118567 |
| BERRYS DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE | ABILENE | 2004-07-21 | — | TX116247 |
| COS HUMBLE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT | ABILENE | 1998-12-22 | — | TX114142 |
| DUBOSE TEXACO | MERKEL | 1997-05-28 | — | TX112342 |
| SKINNYS 18 | ABILENE | 1996-05-24 | — | TX111073 |
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 543 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 6 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