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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Hardin 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.
186registered tank facilities
119open tanks
399closed tanks
65leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Hardin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXXPRESS MART 14 | LUMBERTON | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX46046 |
| TEJAS 4 | KOUNTZE | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX45932 |
| PEAVYS STORE | SILSBEE | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | TX46028 |
| FASTLANE NO 1 | LUMBERTON | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX48911 |
| SHORT STOP | SILSBEE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX91816 |
| 105 FOOD MART | SOUR LAKE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX72960 |
| TEJAS GROCERY | KOUNTZE | 3 / 8 | Open UST(s) | TX46020 |
| ZIP IN GROCERY | SILSBEE | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX46012 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS 29 | SILSBEE | 2018-08-18 | — | TX120561 |
| M & K 1 | SILSBEE | 2014-02-21 | — | TX119347 |
| FULLER OIL CO INC | SILSBEE | 2010-10-19 | — | TX118491 |
| BATES GROCERY | SOUR LAKE | 2009-10-07 | — | TX118214 |
| SHOP N GO | KOUNTZE | 2003-12-09 | — | TX116029 |
| KWIK PANTRY FFP 265 | LUMBERTON | 1999-12-07 | — | TX114907 |
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 186 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 6 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