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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Montrose 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.
126registered tank facilities
62open tanks
251closed tanks
66leak incidents on record
10cleanups still open
10 leak cleanups in
Montrose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producers Co-Op | Montrose | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | CO3559 |
| Phillips 66 Food Plaza / Shell | Montrose | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | CO8707 |
| Producers Co-Op | Olathe | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO7107 |
| City Market #440 | Montrose | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO6977 |
| Alta #6126 | Montrose | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO3016 |
| Hangin Tree Travel Plaza | Montrose | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | CO7024 |
| Blair Sales Co | Montrose | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO6945 |
| Humdingers | Montrose | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO15666 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Auto Sales | Montrose | 2016-12-09 | — | CO12640 |
| Q & T Foods #1 | Montrose | 2014-05-06 | — | CO12043 |
| Stop N Save #10 | Montrose | 2012-12-18 | — | CO11775 |
| Bradley Food Mart | Montrose | 2010-08-04 | — | CO11219 |
| Q & T #4 | Montrose | 2004-04-08 | — | CO9475 |
| Fuentes Property | Montrose | 2003-08-29 | — | CO9737 |
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 126 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 10 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