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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Shelby 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.
99registered tank facilities
49open tanks
191closed tanks
67leak incidents on record
21cleanups still open
21 leak cleanups in
Shelby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | Shelbyville | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4021707 |
| Stewardson Citgo | Stewardson | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL4021590 |
| Shelbyville Marathon | Shelbyville | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL4022429 |
| Shelbyville Motomart | Shelbyville | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL4011115 |
| Cowden Country Food Mart | Cowden | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL4008065 |
| R & K One Stop, Inc. | Findlay | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL4017906 |
| E. K. Petro Mart - Windsor | Windsor | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | IL4006082 |
| Strasburg Short Stop | Strasburg | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL4044301 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch's Convenience Store | Findlay | 2009-09-29 | Gasoline | IL1730105003_20091074 |
| Zanra LLC | Herrick | 2006-09-19 | Gasoline | IL1730155003_20061176 |
| Zanra LLC | Herrick | 2006-08-14 | Gasoline | IL1730155003_20061033 |
| Niebrugge Oil Company | Moweaqua | 2005-02-14 | Gasoline UsedOil | IL1734205003_20050232 |
| Niebrugge Oil Company | Moweaqua | 2004-10-12 | Gasoline | IL1734205003_20041412 |
| Largent Equipment Co. | Shelbyville | 2001-05-04 | Gasoline | IL1730305052_20010776 |
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 99 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 21 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