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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Harris 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.
8,123registered tank facilities
6,276open tanks
16,145closed tanks
4,175leak incidents on record
211cleanups still open
211 leak cleanups in
Harris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST BUS OPERATING FACILITY | HOUSTON | 10 / 2 | Open UST(s) | TX47453 |
| MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER 580 | HOUSTON | 9 / 8 | Open UST(s) | TX77782 |
| HFD FLEET MAINTENANCE | HOUSTON | 9 / 5 | Open UST(s) | TX51647 |
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP 401 | BAYTOWN | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX110003 |
| FALLBROOK BUS OPERATING FACILITY | HOUSTON | 9 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX104299 |
| H E BUTT WAREHOUSE | HOUSTON | 8 / 8 | Open UST(s) | TX84471 |
| FIELD SERVICE CENTER | HOUSTON | 8 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX47444 |
| BAYTOWN TRAVEL CENTER | BAYTOWN | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX97799 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNER STORE 2591 | HOUSTON | 2018-08-28 | — | TX120578 |
| KING SHELL | HOUSTON | 2018-08-10 | — | TX120583 |
| FORMER TEXACO STATION | HOUSTON | 2018-06-14 | — | TX120535 |
| SUNMART 327 | HOUSTON | 2018-05-15 | — | TX120529 |
| CADECO INDUSTRIES | HOUSTON | 2018-05-08 | — | TX120523 |
| SEATS STORE 1197 | HOUSTON | 2018-05-03 | — | TX120519 |
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 8,123 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 211 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