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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Thurston 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.
29registered tank facilities
78open tanks
38closed tanks
48leak incidents on record
15cleanups still open
15 leak cleanups in
Thurston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazeys Food & Fuel | Pender | 7 / 11 | Open UST(s) | 2303 |
| FRAZEYs FOOD AND FUEL INC | PENDER | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2743 |
| PENDER COMMUNITY STORE | PENDER | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6159 |
| Cubbys | Pender | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | 2305 |
| HERITAGE FOODTOWN | WALTHILL | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE7029 |
| HERITAGE EXPRESS | EMERSON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE2790 |
| Omaha Nation Supermarket | Wathill | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | 2319 |
| L & L Farms | Walthill | 3 / 3 | Open UST(s) | 2307 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JIFFY JUNCTION | ROSALIE | 2014-03-28 | GASOLINE, DIESEL, WASTE OIL | NE 041614-MP-0914 |
| SMITHS FARM SERVICE | PENDER | 2012-06-26 | GASOLINE, DIESEL | NE 062712-NH-1130 |
| GAMBLES STORE | WALTHILL | 2000-01-18 | PETROLEUM, OIL | NE 062300-KM-1000 |
| CARL T CURTIS HEALTH CTR | MACY | 1997-07-10 | #2 FUEL OILS | NE 071197-GW-1441 |
| GLISSMAN OIL COMPANY | PENDER | 1997-05-05 | GASOLINE, DIESEL | NE 052097-CT-1400 |
| Sunderman Service & Auto Sales | Pender | 1997-05-05 | — | NE-OR-2301-1997-L1 |
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 29 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 15 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