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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Hardin 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.
29registered tank facilities
8open tanks
75closed tanks
20leak incidents on record
5cleanups still open
5 leak cleanups in
Hardin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Oil Co. | Rosiclare | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL7020853 |
| E-Town Riverport Express | Elizabethtown | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL7045432 |
| Cave-in-Rock Quarry | Cave In Rock | 0 / 6 | Closed UST(s) | IL7015729 |
| Robinson Oil Company | Elizabethtown | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | IL7012111 |
| Hardin County Plants 1 and 2 | Cave In Rock | 0 / 5 | Closed UST(s) | IL7018342 |
| Hall's Automotive Service | Rosiclare | 0 / 4 | Closed UST(s) | IL7017586 |
| Midway Service | Rosiclare | 0 / 4 | Closed UST(s) | IL7023231 |
| Rigsby & Barnard Quarryinc | Cave In Rock | 0 / 4 | Closed UST(s) | IL7006696 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed, Virginia Rose | Elizabethtown | 2015-11-13 | Gasoline | IL690105016_20151199 |
| Ralph, Charles | Elizabethtown | 2000-06-23 | — | IL690105010_20001200 |
| Charles Kaegi Trucking | Cave-In-Rock | 2000-05-05 | Gasoline | IL690055011_20000841 |
| Raines Bus Lines | Elizabethtown | 1993-01-20 | Gasoline | IL690055005_930198 |
| O'Henry Furniture Store | Rosiclare | 1991-11-22 | Gasoline | IL690155005_913403 |
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 29 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 5 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