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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Franklin 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.
160registered tank facilities
69open tanks
349closed tanks
120leak incidents on record
36cleanups still open
36 leak cleanups in
Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac's #1223 | Benton | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL7006077 |
| Nifty Swifty Frankfort | West Frankfort | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL7001370 |
| Payne Service Center, Inc. | Thompsonville | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7034761 |
| Circle K #1351 | Christopher | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7028590 |
| Hucks #114 | Christopher | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7021721 |
| Mach1 #3 | West City | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7046400 |
| Casey's General Store #3542 | West City | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7046278 |
| ROC One Stop | West Frankfort | 3 / 11 | Open UST(s) | IL7017720 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin & Bayley, Inc. | Benton | 2018-09-14 | Gasoline Diesel | IL550055036_20180861 |
| Knapp Oil Company, Inc. | West Frankfort | 2018-08-16 | Gasoline | IL550705013_20180764 |
| Nguyen, Kieu | Benton | 2017-12-28 | Gasoline | IL550055099_20171173 |
| Yogxin Enterprises, Inc. | Sesser | 2017-06-09 | Gasoline | IL550450001_20170478 |
| Attorney's Land Trust #1 | Benton | 2015-09-22 | Gasoline | IL550055093_20151032 |
| Venturi Group, Inc. | Whittington | 2015-03-31 | Gasoline | IL558995012_20150329 |
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 160 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 36 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