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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Douglas County, KS
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.
199registered tank facilities
109open tanks
444closed tanks
271leak incidents on record
28cleanups still open
28 leak cleanups in
Douglas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZARCO 66 #9 | LAWRENCE | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | KS06430 |
| CAPITAL CITY SOUTH #2911 | LAWRENCE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS29966 |
| LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY | LAWRENCE | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | KS05001 |
| HY-VEE GAS | LAWRENCE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS30287 |
| QUIKTRIP #167 | LAWRENCE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS30344 |
| COMMERCE PLAZA BP | LAWRENCE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS30292 |
| HY-VEE GAS | LAWRENCE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS30504 |
| CHECKERS XTRA, LC | LAWRENCE | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | KS29133 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepard Property | Lawrence | 2001-07-25 | — | KSU4-023-13137 |
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 199 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 28 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