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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Tuscaloosa 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.
583registered tank facilities
481open tanks
1,138closed tanks
172leak incidents on record
36cleanups still open
36 leak cleanups in
Tuscaloosa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKSVILLE STOPPING CENTER | MCCALLA | 11 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14923 |
| TRUCK STOPS OF AMERICA | COTTONDALE | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14907 |
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP #227 | MCCALLA | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL19498 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #076 | TUSCALOOSA | 5 / 11 | Open UST(s) | AL11978 |
| FAST & EASY #1 | COTTONDALE | 5 / 6 | Open UST(s) | AL866 |
| WARRIOR TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. INC. | NORTHPORT | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | AL7284 |
| CAFFE JUNCTION TEXACO | MCCALLA | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | AL6714 |
| ALBERTA SHELL | TUSCALOOSA | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | AL11701 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANCE FOOD MART | VANCE | 2018-04-01 | — | AL1974 |
| VANCE FOOD MART | VANCE | 2017-12-01 | — | AL1972 |
| BLACK DOG INC. DBA JOHN #4 | DUNCANVILLE | 2017-06-01 | — | AL3024 |
| LOVE'S TRAVEL STOP #227 | MCCALLA | 2016-03-01 | — | AL2625 |
| TUSCALOOSA COUNTY SHOP | TUSCALOOSA | 2015-11-01 | — | AL2645 |
| FORMER ELMORE'S PURE SERVICE GAS STA | TUSCALOOSA | 2015-11-01 | — | AL49 |
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 583 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 36 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