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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Whiteside 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.
263registered tank facilities
107open tanks
520closed tanks
117leak incidents on record
34cleanups still open
34 leak cleanups in
Whiteside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Star FS Lyndon Bulk Plant | Lyndon | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1042836 |
| Sheetal, Inc. d/b/a F/S Stop | Morrison | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | IL1022208 |
| First Ave. Mobil | Rock Falls | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | IL1014230 |
| Express Lane Gas & Food Mart | Rock Falls | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | IL1015660 |
| Sterling Mobil Mart | Sterling | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1035564 |
| M&K Liquors, Inc. (BP Sterling) | Sterling | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1009309 |
| Express Lane Gas & Food Mart Inc. #37 | Fulton | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | IL1024922 |
| Expresslane, Inc. | Morrison | 3 / 5 | Open UST(s) | IL1027738 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampico, Village of | Tampico | 2017-07-25 | — | IL1950555008_20170678 |
| Ghuman, Paul | Fulton | 2016-09-08 | Gasoline | IL1950255004_20160820 |
| Propheter, Florence | Sterling | 2014-08-05 | Gasoline Diesel | IL1950505157_20140903 |
| Prophet Mini Mart, Inc. | Prophetstown | 2013-11-08 | Gasoline Diesel | IL1950405024_20131209 |
| Fulton Oil & Mart | Fulton | 2013-08-30 | Gasoline | IL1950255004_20130972 |
| Chase, Joleen | Fulton | 2011-11-16 | Gasoline | IL1950255033_20111241 |
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 263 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 34 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