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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Etowah County, AL
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.
394registered tank facilities
270open tanks
841closed tanks
150leak incidents on record
29cleanups still open
29 leak cleanups in
Etowah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GADSDEN STOPPING CENTER -PETRO | GADSDEN | 7 / 2 | Open UST(s) | AL18862 |
| AL0020 | ATTALLA | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL5694 |
| HOKES BLUFF TEXACO | HOKES BLUFF | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL5158 |
| 4 WAY EXPRESS NO TANKS ASSIGNED | BOAZ | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | AL5718 |
| AL0119 | ATTALLA | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | AL5644 |
| PACIFIC PRIDE #260 ALABAMA CITY | GADSDEN | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | AL5130 |
| WEST END GROCERY KJN | WALNUT GROVE | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | AL14508 |
| RAINBOW FOOD MART #127 SHELL | RAINBOW CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL12963 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle K #2723649 | GADSDEN | 2018-10-01 | — | AL2402 |
| 5K GREGERSONS SPUR | GADSDEN | 2018-03-01 | — | AL2895 |
| PATTERSON GROCERY | GADSDEN | 2017-04-01 | — | AL4098 |
| TRI TECH OIL DBA V2 FOOD MART | ATTALLA | 2015-02-01 | — | AL1035 |
| M&M QUICK STOP (COUNTRY LANE GROC) | RAINBOW CITY | 2014-05-01 | — | AL3959 |
| BAMA TEXACO | ATTALLA | 2014-04-01 | — | AL3687 |
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 394 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 29 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