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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Rio Blanco 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.
64registered tank facilities
25open tanks
160closed tanks
34leak incidents on record
—cleanups still open
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Blanco County Shops | Meeker | 4 / 8 | Open UST(s) | CO9275 |
| White River Convenience | Meeker | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | CO4590 |
| Go-Fer Foods Of Meeker | Meeker | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO5553 |
| Kum & Go #2925 | Meeker | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO3821 |
| Kum & Go #919 | Rangely | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO18977 |
| Loaf N Jug #867 | Rangely | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO5790 |
| Meeker Airport | Meeker | 2 / 4 | Open UST(s) | CO8759 |
| Rangely Conoco | Rangely | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | CO891 |
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 64 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. Where a cleanup is 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