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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Howard 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.
184registered tank facilities
111open tanks
391closed tanks
68leak incidents on record
5cleanups still open
5 leak cleanups in
Howard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG SPRING TRAVELCENTER | BIG SPRING | 6 / 5 | Open UST(s) | TX52395 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER 559 | BIG SPRING | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX131497 |
| STRIPES 103 | BIG SPRING | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX42072 |
| STRIPES 102 | COAHOMA | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | TX42093 |
| KWIK CHEK 70 | BIG SPRING | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX48326 |
| KENTWOOD TEXACO | BIG SPRING | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX44321 |
| STAR STOP FOOD MART 12 | BIG SPRING | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX44772 |
| STAR STOP FOOD MART 14 | BIG SPRING | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX57890 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORMER LUTHER COUNTRY STORE | BIG SPRING | 1997-06-05 | — | TX112428 |
| FORMER RIP GRIFFIN TRAVEL CENTER | BIG SPRING | 1996-07-17 | — | TX111380 |
| FINA BIG SPRING FUELS 2 | BIG SPRING | 1990-11-15 | — | TX97733 |
| BENNY FISHBACK | COAHOMA | 1989-10-09 | — | TX97995 |
| CX TRANSPORTATION | BIG SPRING | not reported | — | TX110700 |
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 184 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 5 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