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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Lake 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.
53registered tank facilities
18open tanks
193closed tanks
36leak incidents on record
13cleanups still open
13 leak cleanups in
Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSA Petrol LLC | BALDWIN | 4 / 10 | Open UST(s) | MI11417 |
| Baldwin EZ Mart | BALDWIN | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | MI11181 |
| Big Star EZ Mart | BALDWIN | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI37282 |
| Copeland EZ Mart | BALDWIN | 1 / 12 | Open UST(s) | MI2810 |
| Carrieville Store LLC | LUTHER | 1 / 8 | Open UST(s) | MI1856 |
| Wesco #38 | BALDWIN | 1 / 5 | Open UST(s) | MI4723 |
| Wolf Lake Store Inc | BALDWIN | 1 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI14163 |
| Bristol Store | LUTHER | 1 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI7582 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Baldwin Gas Station | Baldwin | 2011-07-13 | Gasoline | MIC-0140-11 |
| Former Idlewild Gas Station | Idlewild | 2004-09-24 | Gasoline | MIC-0416-04 |
| Bass Lake Store | IRONS | 2000-06-12 | Gasoline | MIC-0518-00 |
| Chase General Store | Chase | 1999-05-19 | Unknown | MIC-0486-99 |
| Olde Carrieville Store | Luther | 1997-03-25 | Gasoline,Unknown | MIC-0175-97 |
| Baldwin Quickmart | BALDWIN | 1996-10-14 | Gasoline | MIC-0813-96 |
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 53 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 13 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