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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in El Paso County, TX
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.
1,253registered tank facilities
827open tanks
2,865closed tanks
558leak incidents on record
19cleanups still open
19 leak cleanups in
El Paso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U S ARMY FORT BLISS | — | 33 / 332 | Open UST(s) | TX43650 |
| LOVES COUNTRY STORE 214 | EL PASO | 10 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX40615 |
| PETRO STOPPING CENTER 350 | CANUTILLO | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX93711 |
| FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA 728 | EL PASO | 7 / 12 | Open UST(s) | TX95592 |
| PETRO STOPPING CENTER 301 | EL PASO | 7 / 8 | Open UST(s) | TX93712 |
| EXPRESS FUEL | CLINT | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX97095 |
| FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA 724 | ANTHONY | 6 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX83929 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER 435 | ANTHONY | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX112242 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWDYS 302 | EL PASO | 2018-04-23 | — | TX120582 |
| CIRCLE K STORE 2701674 | EL PASO | 2017-07-26 | — | TX120331 |
| FAST TRAK NO 2 | FABENS | 2012-12-27 | — | TX119043 |
| SHORTYS FOOD MART | CANUTILLO | 2011-07-26 | — | TX118647 |
| PETRO STOPPING CENTER 1 | EL PASO | 2009-12-14 | — | TX118222 |
| CIRCLE K STORE 2701641 | ANTHONY | 2009-08-19 | — | TX118387 |
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 1,253 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 19 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