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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Otero County, NM
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.
167registered tank facilities
70open tanks
376closed tanks
78leak incidents on record
30cleanups still open
30 leak cleanups in
Otero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RITCHIE DISTRIBUTING CO B | ALAMOGORDO | 6 / 1 | Open UST(s) | NM1728 |
| KENT KWIK #501 | ALAMOGORDO | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM31127 |
| 70 WEST CHEVRON | ALAMOGORDO | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | NM1977 |
| ORO GRANDE RANGE CAMP C | ORO GRANDE | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NM29805 |
| ALLSUPS - NO143 | CLOUDCROFT | 3 / 1 | Open UST(s) | NM26535 |
| TULAROSA CONOCO | TULAROSA | 3 / 1 | Open UST(s) | NM1967 |
| CORNER STORE NO 1296 | ALAMOGORDO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM27620 |
| BELL GAS 1168 | ALAMOGORDO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM1166 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOMAN FINA | ALAMOGORDO | not reported | — | NM3588 |
| TULAROSA CHEVRON | TULAROSA | not reported | — | NM3474 |
| BEKINS STORAGE | ALAMOGORDO | not reported | — | NM277 |
| US 70 WEST | ALAMOGORDO | not reported | — | NM2679 |
| WHITE SNDS PROD | ALAMOGORDO | not reported | — | NM143 |
| RITCHIE DISTRIBUTING CO B | ALAMOGORDO | not reported | — | NM4608 |
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 167 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 30 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