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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Scott 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.
35registered tank facilities
14open tanks
84closed tanks
16leak incidents on record
5cleanups still open
5 leak cleanups in
Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay Junction | Bluffs | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5034052 |
| Winchester Food Mart, Inc. | Winchester | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL5001144 |
| Winchester | Winchester | 2 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL5002330 |
| Scotty Convenience Ctr | Winchester | 2 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL5016383 |
| Truck Shop | Bluffs | 1 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL5001448 |
| Callender Construction Co Inc | Winchester | 1 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL5036722 |
| Scott Co. Tire & Fuel | Winchester | 0 / 10 | Closed UST(s) | IL5019874 |
| Hannel Oil Co | Bluffs | 0 / 6 | Closed UST(s) | IL5020768 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Lybarger Oil Co., Inc. | Winchester | 1999-02-18 | Gasoline | IL1710355013_990383 |
| Illinois Valley Paving | Winchester | 1998-04-09 | UsedOil | IL1710355012_980794 |
| Illinois Valley Paving Company | Winchester | 1997-05-15 | Gasoline | IL1710355012_970866 |
| Hannel Oil Co. Inc. | Bluffs | 1993-02-19 | Gasoline | IL1710105003_930430 |
| Smith, Robert | Bluffs | 1990-08-20 | — | IL1718070008_902384 |
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 35 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