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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Nelson County, ND
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.
68registered tank facilities
19open tanks
151closed tanks
5leak incidents on record
—cleanups still open
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Union Oil Company | Tolna ND 58380- | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | ND127 |
| Farmers Union Oil Company | Aneta ND 58212- | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | ND196 |
| Nelson County Highway Department | McVille ND 58254-0407 | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | ND1142 |
| D M Service | McVille ND 58254- | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | ND1488 |
| Farmers Union Oil | Lakota ND 58344- | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | ND10093 |
| Petersburg Oil | Petersburg ND 58272- | 1 / 4 | Open UST(s) | ND460 |
| Nelson County Highway Department | Tolna ND 58380-0407 | 1 / 1 | Open UST(s) | ND3769 |
| Farmers Union Oil Company | Lakota ND 58344- | 0 / 6 | Closed UST(s) | ND1469 |
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 68 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. Where a cleanup is 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