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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Morrow 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.
64registered tank facilities
69open tanks
135closed tanks
87leak incidents on record
4cleanups still open
4 leak cleanups in
Morrow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #455 | MARENGO | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH59009709 |
| BENNETT DISTRIBUTING, INC. | MARENGO | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH59000042 |
| KNIGHT ENTERPRISES INC | MT GILEAD | 6 / 2 | Open UST(s) | OH59000052 |
| MT. GILEAD DUCHESS | MT GILEAD | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | OH59000016 |
| CASTLE'S GAS & DELI | MARENGO | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH59000534 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #208 | MT GILEAD | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | OH59000049 |
| CARDINGTON DUCHESS | CARDINGTON | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | OH59000023 |
| MARENGO DUCHESS | MARENGO | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | OH59000017 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I71-RT95 SHELL | MT GILEAD | 2017-07-27 | — | OH59000069-N00002 |
| MT. GILEAD TRUCK PLAZA | CHESTERVILLE | 2015-03-13 | — | OH59000021-N00007 |
| GENE'S AUTO SERVICE | MARENGO | 1994-04-19 | — | OH59004401-N00001 |
| JOES SOHIO | SPARTA | 1992-04-27 | — | OH59002231-N00001 |
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 64 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