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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Franklin County, OH
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.
1,887registered tank facilities
1,577open tanks
3,857closed tanks
2,676leak incidents on record
104cleanups still open
104 leak cleanups in
Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANE AVIATION CORP. | COLUMBUS | 20 / 3 | Open UST(s) | OH25000952 |
| RICKENBACKER INTL. AIRPORT | COLUMBUS | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH25005610 |
| FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. | COLUMBUS | 8 / 16 | Open UST(s) | OH25000500 |
| MARSHALL'S SHELL | COLUMBUS | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH25000717 |
| PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL ARPT | COLUMBUS | 7 / 2 | Open UST(s) | OH25009179 |
| FEDEX GROUND | GROVE CITY | 7 / 1 | Open UST(s) | OH25004903 |
| SPEEDWAY #1041 | HILLIARD | 6 / 6 | Open UST(s) | OH25001166 |
| EASTLAND SHELL | COLUMBUS | 6 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH25000718 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPEEDWAY #9356 | HILLIARD | 2018-12-10 | — | OH25002103-N00003 |
| PARSONS MOBIL | COLUMBUS | 2018-11-21 | — | OH25000308-N00002 |
| GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENT | COLUMBUS | 2018-11-14 | — | OH25010562-N00007 |
| FUEL AMERICA | COLUMBUS | 2018-10-30 | — | OH25000169-N00002 |
| AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC. | COLUMBUS | 2018-10-04 | — | OH25001237-N00002 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #324 | WESTERVILLE | 2018-09-25 | — | OH25000765-N00003 |
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 1,887 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 104 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