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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Torrance 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.
86registered tank facilities
42open tanks
196closed tanks
32leak incidents on record
11cleanups still open
11 leak cleanups in
Torrance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLINES CORNERS - EAST WEST FACILITY | CLINES CORNERS | 6 / 7 | Open UST(s) | NM4951 |
| MORIARTY TRAVEL CENTER | MORIARTY | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NM30259 |
| HONSTEIN OIL CO C | MORIARTY | 5 / 3 | Open UST(s) | NM1411 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #475 | MORIARTY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM54795 |
| CIRCLE K STORE #2701430 | MORIARTY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM1066 |
| FT STOP & GO | ENCINO | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM1523 |
| MORIARTY CONOCO | MORIARTY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM1535 |
| VALLEY EXPRESS | ESTANCIA | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NM31452 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H&M SVC STATION | ESTANCIA | not reported | — | NM2042 |
| MORIARTY BULK PLANT | MORIARTY | not reported | — | NM1211 |
| OLD SHELL STATION | MORIARTY | not reported | — | NM3058 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #475 | MORIARTY | not reported | — | NM4756 |
| JRS TIRE | MORIARTY | not reported | — | NM1409 |
| SIERRA CABLE VISION | MORIARTY | not reported | — | NM1193 |
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 86 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 11 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