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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Pierce County, WA
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.
1,606registered tank facilities
859open tanks
3,904closed tanks
306leak incidents on record
280cleanups still open
280 leak cleanups in
Pierce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIERCE TRANSIT | Lakewood | 13 / 3 | Open UST(s) | WA65858357 |
| SNIDER PETROLEUM | Sumner | 9 / 2 | Open UST(s) | WA16559837 |
| STEVE'S BRIDGEPORT SHELL | University Place | 5 / 6 | Open UST(s) | WA53472699 |
| PETROCARD INC | Fife | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | WA48521859 |
| LOVE'S TRAVEL STOPS #448 | Fife | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | WA94359448 |
| MY GOODS MARKET #5505 | Puyallup | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | WA54116623 |
| COSTCO GASOLINE NO 1278 | Bonney Lake | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | WA68241 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #1173 | Tacoma | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | WA98738811 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA DOT LAKEVIEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY | LAKEWOOD | not reported | Petroleum Products-Unspecified | WA5017 |
| WAGON WHEEL MARKET | SPANAWAY | not reported | Benzene | WA5007 |
| Puyallup City of Right of Way | PUYALLUP | not reported | Non-Halogenated Solvents | WA11503 |
| PSE Puyallup SVC | PUYALLUP | not reported | Halogenated Organics | WA5008 |
| THERMO FLUIDS INC | SUMNER | not reported | Metals Priority Pollutants | WA5009 |
| GIG HARBOR SERVICE INC | GIG HARBOR | not reported | Non-Halogenated Solvents | WA5016 |
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 1,606 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 280 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