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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Galveston 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.
682registered tank facilities
579open tanks
1,289closed tanks
347leak incidents on record
18cleanups still open
18 leak cleanups in
Galveston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNER MART | CRYSTAL BEACH | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX93383 |
| PRIME MART 35 | HITCHCOCK | 4 / 8 | Open UST(s) | TX52192 |
| MEDIUM NUTT OIL | DICKINSON | 4 / 7 | Open UST(s) | TX52193 |
| MAINLAND FOOD MART | TEXAS CITY | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | TX79620 |
| LEAGUE CITY CHEVRON | LEAGUE CITY | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | TX52196 |
| DRIVE IN FOOD MART | TEXAS CITY | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX52194 |
| CORNER STORE 2101 | HITCHCOCK | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX61233 |
| BUZZY BEE | TEXAS CITY | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX48397 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TXDOT PARCEL 10 FORMER QUICK MART | LEAGUE CITY | 2017-12-13 | — | TX120484 |
| POWER MART 3 | LEAGUE CITY | 2017-10-13 | — | TX120563 |
| FORMER AMOCO SERVICE STATION | LEAGUE CITY | 2017-09-27 | — | TX120383 |
| FORMER HWY 6 AUTO SERVICE | HITCHCOCK | 2017-06-16 | — | TX120287 |
| FUEL DEPOT 37 | SANTA FE | 2016-12-20 | — | TX120165 |
| SOUTH SHORE GROCERY 87 | CRYSTAL BEACH | 2016-12-16 | — | TX120166 |
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 682 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 18 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