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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Custer County, NE
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.
30registered tank facilities
59open tanks
25closed tanks
119leak incidents on record
14cleanups still open
14 leak cleanups in
Custer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TROTTERS WHOA & GO WEST | BROKEN BOW | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12498 |
| TROTTERS WHOA & GO | MERNA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12419 |
| CUSTERS LAST STOP | ANSLEY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE8419 |
| THE BEAR PAD | CALLAWAY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE5178 |
| 5TH STREET CARD-TROL | BROKEN BOW | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE8374 |
| NANSEL OIL CO | ARNOLD | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6361 |
| YANEZ SERVICE | ANSLEY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE8034 |
| TROTTERS WHOA & GO EXPRESS III | BROKEN BOW | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE3105 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE BEAR PAD | CALLAWAY | 2017-07-18 | GASOLINE | NE 071917-DB-1326 |
| FORMER TEXACO STATION | BROKEN BOW | 2012-05-30 | GASOLINE | NE 053012-JK-1200 |
| ABBOTT EMPORIUM BLDG | SARGENT | 2011-09-29 | GASOLINE | NE 092911-PH-1804 |
| TROTTERS WHOA & GO EXPRES | BROKEN BOW | 2010-11-10 | GASOLINE, DIESEL | NE 120810-TH-0955 |
| GEORGIA KUKLISH HOME | SARGENT | 2008-07-28 | GASOLINE | NE 072808-PH-1430 |
| GRACEY OIL | BROKEN BOW | 1999-05-10 | GASOLINE, DIESEL | NE 061199-CT-1335 |
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 30 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 14 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