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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Kearney 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.
14registered tank facilities
20open tanks
15closed tanks
49leak incidents on record
4cleanups still open
4 leak cleanups in
Kearney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI MR TIRE | AXTELL | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2362 |
| FILL-N-CHILL #001 | MINDEN | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2364 |
| AURORA COOP MINDEN | MINDEN | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12402 |
| AURORA COOP dba KEENE COOP | AXTELL | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6871 |
| CASEYS GENERAL STORE #1801 | MINDEN | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11168 |
| KEARNEY COUNTY ROAD DEPT | MINDEN | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6201 |
| PUMP 24 | MINDEN | 2 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE10 |
| BETHPHAGE RESIDENTIAL CENTER | AXTELL | 1 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE4725 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARMERS COOP | MINDEN | 1999-03-10 | GASOLINE | NE 031199-NH-0837 |
| MINDEN RENTAL UNIT #57 | MINDEN | 1995-12-04 | GASOLINE AND WASTE OIL | NE 011096-CT-1400 |
| BEALE TIRE | MINDEN | 1993-09-08 | GASOLINE | NE 011394-NM-0900 |
| JACKSON AUTO SVC STATION | AXTELL | 1989-12-05 | GASOLINE | NE 12189-KAM-0800 |
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 14 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 4 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