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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Effingham 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.
170registered tank facilities
131open tanks
422closed tanks
153leak incidents on record
39cleanups still open
39 leak cleanups in
Effingham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Central FS, Inc. | Effingham | 12 / 8 | Open UST(s) | IL4010806 |
| Petro Stopping Center | Effingham | 10 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4027656 |
| Effingham Travel Center | Effingham | 8 / 8 | Open UST(s) | IL4009542 |
| Effingham Equity | Effingham | 7 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL4018731 |
| Pilot Travel Center #165 | Effingham | 7 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL4038834 |
| Speedway #7503 | Effingham | 6 / 1 | Open UST(s) | IL4046446 |
| Flying J Travel Plaza #643 | Effingham | 5 / 11 | Open UST(s) | IL4002378 |
| Ordner's BP | Montrose | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL4017252 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wortman Properties, Inc. | Effingham | 2017-11-09 | Gasoline Diesel | IL490255029_20171032 |
| Aving Rice, LLC former | Montrose | 2016-02-10 | Gasoline | IL494355008_20160127 |
| Aving Rice, LLC | Effingham | 2016-02-10 | Unleaded | IL490250015_20160131 |
| Aving Rice, LLC | Montrose | 2014-11-26 | Gasoline Diesel | IL494355008_20141350 |
| Aving-Rice, LLC | Effingham | 2014-04-10 | Gasoline | IL490255049_20140404 |
| Griffith Trucking | Effingham | 2012-09-12 | Gasoline Diesel UsedOil | IL490255025_20120965 |
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 170 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 39 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