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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Russell 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.
162registered tank facilities
143open tanks
312closed tanks
51leak incidents on record
18cleanups still open
18 leak cleanups in
Russell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCLE K STORE #6696 | PHENIX CITY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14179 |
| CRAWFORD AMOCO | PHENIX CITY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL2784 |
| AMERICAN EAGLE | PHENIX CITY | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | AL3737 |
| J & K COUNTRY STORE (BW CAPPS) | OPELIKA | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | AL15515 |
| MARATHON MART #102 | PHENIX CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL17990 |
| MARATHON 80 | PHENIX CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14626 |
| MARATHON 101 | PHENIX CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL17595 |
| KITES STORE | COTTONTON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL5018 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARATHON MART #102 | PHENIX CITY | 2015-04-01 | — | AL2419 |
| SHOPPER STOP #46 | PHENIX CITY | 2013-08-01 | — | AL2121 |
| FORMER CIRCLE K STORE/LIBERTY | PHENIX CITY | 2013-01-01 | — | AL3409 |
| 169 MINI MART | SEALE | 2011-06-01 | — | AL2452 |
| PETROL PROJECTS LLC HAPPY HOOVERS | PHENIX CITY | 2009-06-01 | — | AL3198 |
| CITGO MINI MART # 104 | PHENIX CITY | 2009-03-01 | — | AL1219 |
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 162 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 18 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