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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Ford 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.
85registered tank facilities
43open tanks
170closed tanks
49leak incidents on record
13cleanups still open
13 leak cleanups in
Ford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey's General Store #2928 | Gibson City | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4027774 |
| Village Pantry #1209 | Paxton | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL4017401 |
| Piper Gas | Piper City | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL4010381 |
| Solar Petro, Inc. | Paxton | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL4019576 |
| Heritage FS Fuel 24 | Gibson City | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4039861 |
| Houston Oil Company | Paxton | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4019575 |
| Casey's General Store #2929 | Paxton | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4010380 |
| Roberts Quick Stop | Roberts | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4002835 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABP Properties, LLC | Gibson City | 2016-10-05 | Gasoline | IL530100002_20160917 |
| Casey's General Store #2928 | Gibson City | 2010-11-12 | Gasoline | IL530105067_20101247 |
| Vermilion Valley Bank | Roberts | 2010-09-02 | Gasoline Diesel | IL538040002_20100970 |
| Harper Oil Company | Paxton | 2007-06-18 | Gasoline | IL530255055_20070825 |
| Clow Seed Service | Gibson City | 2005-04-04 | Gasoline Diesel | IL530105057_20050454 |
| Minuteman Gas Marts | Gibson City | 1999-08-20 | Gasoline Diesel UsedOil | IL530105045_991971 |
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 85 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 13 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