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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Huerfano County, CO
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.
51registered tank facilities
19open tanks
138closed tanks
25leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Huerfano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Food Store #201 | Walsenburg | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | CO5801 |
| Minit Mart #649 | Walsenburg | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | CO3033 |
| 7-Eleven #19585 | Walsenburg | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | CO9055 |
| Acorn Food Store #3400 | La Veta | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO5832 |
| Loaf N Jug #3 | Walsenburg | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO4079 |
| Alta #6117 | Walsenburg | 2 / 2 | Open UST(s) | CO5828 |
| Sheep Mountain Operations | Gardner | 0 / 11 | Closed UST(s) | CO7792 |
| West 7th Conoco | Walsenburg | 0 / 7 | Closed UST(s) | CO7167 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Brice Stations | Walsenburg | 2005-11-18 | — | CO9956 |
| Former Gas Station (Habib) | Walsenburg | 2004-12-16 | — | CO9708 |
| Cliff Brice Station #202 | Walsenburg | 2001-04-27 | — | CO8524 |
| Tonys Gas Mart | Walsenburg | 1999-04-15 | — | CO7412 |
| Three Aces Liquor Store | Walsenburg | 1998-05-19 | — | CO7014 |
| CDOT Walsenburg | Walsenburg | 1989-10-16 | — | CO6613 |
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 51 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 6 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