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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Howard 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.
11registered tank facilities
26open tanks
4closed tanks
36leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Howard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AURORA COOPERATIVE | ST PAUL | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE3946 |
| CASEYs GENERAL STORE #3526 | ST PAUL | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12703 |
| AGRICULTURAL SERVICES INC | BOELUS | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE3347 |
| PUMP & PANTRY #37 | ST LIBORY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11332 |
| AURORA COOPERATIVE | DANNEBROG | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE3945 |
| PUMP & PANTRY #13 | ST PAUL | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11711 |
| KWIK STOP #21 | ST PAUL | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE8510 |
| CHARLIES STATION OF ELBA LLC | ELBA | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE4175 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AURORA COOP ELEVATOR | ST PAUL | 2018-06-25 | KEROSENE | NE 080118-TH-1315 |
| KELLER'S KORNER | ST PAUL | 2016-11-04 | DIESEL, GASOLINE | NE 122716-TH-0942 |
| FARMERS UNION COOP | DANNEBROG | 1991-07-15 | GASOLINE DIESEL KEROSENE | NE 030493-GH-0900 |
| JURZENSKIS SERVICE | ELBA | 1990-01-26 | GASOLINE | NE 102992-GY-1045 |
| TOMLINSON REPAIR | ST PAUL | 1989-07-06 | GAS | NE 12149-DWT-1200 |
| LONE TREE SERVICE | ST LIBORY | 1987-03-31 | DIESEL OIL | NE 04017-BHI-1400 |
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 11 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 6 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