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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Berrien County, MI
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.
668registered tank facilities
305open tanks
1,790closed tanks
481leak incidents on record
178cleanups still open
178 leak cleanups in
Berrien 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Travel Center | SAWYER | 8 / 8 | Open UST(s) | MI17739 |
| Flying J Travel Plaza #666 | BENTON HARBOR | 7 / 12 | Open UST(s) | MI13374 |
| Dunes Truck Plaza | SAWYER | 7 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI35947 |
| Marathon Express | BENTON HARBOR | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI34188 |
| Riverside Shell | BENTON HARBOR | 6 / 5 | Open UST(s) | MI18856 |
| Primart Fuel Center | BENTON HARBOR | 6 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI15781 |
| Southtown Shell | SAINT JOSEPH | 6 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI15779 |
| Coloma Shell | COLOMA | 6 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI18863 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Oil #1 (Kartar #2) | St Joseph | 2018-06-25 | Gasoline | MIC-0104-18 |
| J & D's Union 76 Truck Stop | Niles | 2018-06-14 | Diesel | MIC-0088-18 |
| Former Poledna Auto Service(FAC10000148) | Coloma | 2018-05-24 | Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0068-18 |
| County of Berrien | Buchanan | 2017-11-10 | Diesel | MIC-0296-17 |
| Plaza One Truck Stop (O'Brien Oil Company) | New Buffalo | 2017-11-08 | Gasoline | MIC-0277-17 |
| Pri Mart Quick Stop #8 | St Joseph | 2017-10-25 | Gasoline | MIC-0279-17 |
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 668 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 178 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