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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Van Buren 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.
336registered tank facilities
157open tanks
853closed tanks
209leak incidents on record
90cleanups still open
90 leak cleanups in
Van Buren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Haven Marathon | SOUTH HAVEN | 7 / 5 | Open UST(s) | MI18862 |
| Gobles Shell | GOBLES | 7 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI4513 |
| Bangor Shell | BANGOR | 6 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI4511 |
| Speedway #7786 | PAW PAW | 6 / 1 | Open UST(s) | MI9622 |
| Bronco Pretroleum LLC | PAW PAW | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI33361 |
| Speedway #3566 | PAW PAW | 5 / 8 | Open UST(s) | MI11497 |
| Speedway #6604 | MATTAWAN | 5 / 6 | Open UST(s) | MI13373 |
| Bloomingdale Marathon | BLOOMINGDALE | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI18865 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrys Garage | Bangor | 2018-07-16 | Kerosene,Used Oil | MIC-0138-18 |
| Conroys Tire Service | GRAND JUNCTION | 2017-06-06 | Other | MIC-0201-17 |
| Paw Paw Bulk Plant | Paw Paw | 2017-04-11 | Used Oil | MIC-0106-17 |
| Magoo & Company | Paw Paw | 2017-03-23 | Gasoline,Kerosene,Gasoline | MIC-0070-17 |
| Bangor Shell | Bangor | 2017-02-02 | Gasoline | MIC-0033-17 |
| Red Arrow Bar (FAC10000057) | Lawrence | 2016-12-08 | Unknown | MIC-0125-17 |
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 336 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 90 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