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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Rice 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.
60registered tank facilities
36open tanks
142closed tanks
92leak incidents on record
17cleanups still open
17 leak cleanups in
Rice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY'S GENERAL STORE #3623 | STERLING | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS30656 |
| CENTRAL PRAIRIE CO-OP | STERLING | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | KS03706 |
| CENTRAL PRAIRIE CO-OP - CHASE | CHASE | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | KS00097 |
| CENTRAL PRAIRIE CO-OP | LYONS | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | KS09039 |
| CENTRAL PRAIRIE CO-OP | BUSHTON | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | KS04230 |
| LYONS QUICK STOP INC | LYONS | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | KS06724 |
| JONES OIL CO | LYONS | 3 / 1 | Open UST(s) | KS16346 |
| YESWAY #1115 | LYONS | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | KS00038 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L & M | LYONS | 2012-03-12 | — | KSU5-080-14458 |
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 60 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 17 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