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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Richmond City County, VA
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.
941registered tank facilities
365open tanks
2,373closed tanks
599leak incidents on record
7cleanups still open
7 leak cleanups in
Richmond City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton Research Center | Richmond | 31 / 2 | Open UST(s) | VA4000700 |
| Jeff Davis Crown | Richmond | 5 / 8 | Open UST(s) | VA4013189 |
| Belt Blvd BP | Richmond | 5 / 6 | Open UST(s) | VA4003723 |
| Speedway 2874 | Richmond | 5 / 6 | Open UST(s) | VA4017723 |
| Seiberts Broad Street Shell | Richmond | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | VA4013191 |
| Forest Hill Market | Richmond | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | VA4022904 |
| Chamberlayne Shell | Richmond | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | VA4020072 |
| Broad Rock BP | Richmond | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | VA4013198 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exxon 27772 | Richmond | 2018-02-16 | — | VA20184259 |
| 201 E Main St | Richmond | 2018-02-13 | — | VA20184247 |
| Fas Mart 75 | Richmond | 2016-11-07 | — | VA20174189 |
| 401 W Broad St LLC Property | Richmond | 2015-09-16 | — | VA20164165 |
| Williams Crane and Rigging Incorporated | Richmond | 2002-08-20 | — | VA20034075 |
| Precision Automotive Inc | Richmond | 1990-10-11 | — | VA19910536 |
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 941 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