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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Alexander County, IL
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.
45registered tank facilities
11open tanks
141closed tanks
38leak incidents on record
12cleanups still open
12 leak cleanups in
Alexander 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Service Station | Olive Branch | 3 / 1 | Open UST(s) | IL7016008 |
| Fill-Up Mart | Olive Branch | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7040023 |
| Cairo Public Utility Commission | Cairo | 2 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL7018866 |
| Butcher Block | Tamms | 2 / 1 | Open UST(s) | IL7023230 |
| Cairo Airport | Cairo | 1 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL7014912 |
| Veach Service | Cairo | 0 / 11 | Closed UST(s) | IL7023262 |
| Cut Mart #4 | Cairo | 0 / 8 | Closed UST(s) | IL7010885 |
| George Moss / Former Glen's Truck Stop | Cairo | 0 / 8 | Closed UST(s) | IL7043337 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut Mart, Inc. | Cairo | 2017-12-20 | Diesel FuelOil | IL30055079_20171159 |
| Smith, Monica L. | Cairo | 2009-09-30 | Diesel | IL30055033_20091080 |
| AA Investments & Holdings, Inc. | Urbandale | 2008-11-13 | Gasoline | IL38995010_20081657 |
| Huffman's Service | Tamms | 2007-08-13 | Gasoline Diesel | IL30105005_20071118 |
| Moss, George | Cairo | 2006-12-20 | Gasoline Diesel | IL30055061_20061598 |
| Moss, George | Cairo | 2006-11-01 | Gasoline | IL30055061_20061351 |
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 45 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 12 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