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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Kent 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.
1,532registered tank facilities
772open tanks
4,132closed tanks
1,209leak incidents on record
372cleanups still open
372 leak cleanups in
Kent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Manen Oil Co | GRAND RAPIDS | 17 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI2675 |
| Motor Equipment System | GRAND RAPIDS | 11 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI671 |
| Alpine Station | GRAND RAPIDS | 9 / 1 | Open UST(s) | MI2730 |
| Sparta Amoco Food Shop | SPARTA | 7 / 6 | Open UST(s) | MI15549 |
| Grand Rapids Bulk Plant | GRAND RAPIDS | 7 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI11065 |
| Interurban Transit Partnership | GRAND RAPIDS | 6 / 7 | Open UST(s) | MI6499 |
| Admiral Petroleum #284 | WYOMING | 6 / 5 | Open UST(s) | MI4192 |
| Speedway #2376 | CEDAR SPRINGS | 6 / 5 | Open UST(s) | MI17533 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Mountain | Grand Rapids | 2018-09-06 | Gasoline | MIC-0192-18 |
| Parking Lot (FAC10000197) | Grand Rapids | 2018-09-04 | Waste Oil | MIC-0188-18 |
| Parking Lot (FAC10000198) | Grand Rapids | 2018-09-04 | Waste Oil,Waste Oil | MIC-0189-18 |
| Grand Rapids Bulk Plant | Grand Rapids | 2018-08-27 | Diesel | MIC-0183-18 |
| Meijer #158 Gas Station | Grand Rapids | 2018-08-15 | Other | MIC-0177-18 |
| Former Hubachs Auto Service | Grand Rapids | 2018-08-08 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel,Diesel | MIC-0167-18 |
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 1,532 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 372 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