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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Nueces 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.
1,056registered tank facilities
532open tanks
2,215closed tanks
691leak incidents on record
25cleanups still open
25 leak cleanups in
Nueces 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT | CORPUS CHRISTI | 6 / 6 | Open UST(s) | TX68583 |
| MAINTENANCE SERVICE CENTER | CORPUS CHRISTI | 6 / 5 | Open UST(s) | TX56765 |
| CORPUS CHRISTI ISD VMF FACILITY | CORPUS CHRISTI | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX56426 |
| NU WAY GAS & FOOD | CORPUS CHRISTI | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX72932 |
| CORNER STORE 0135 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | TX74328 |
| CORNER STORE 128 | DRISCOLL | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX74326 |
| 7-ELEVEN STORE 40831 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX48234 |
| REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | CORPUS CHRISTI | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | TX81150 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRIPES 2107 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 2018-02-06 | — | TX120421 |
| FORMER SAMS PAINT & BODY SHOP | CORPUS CHRISTI | 2017-05-22 | — | TX120234 |
| 7-ELEVEN STORE 36533 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 2017-04-03 | — | TX120333 |
| STRIPES 2160 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 2016-09-15 | — | TX120171 |
| TIMES MARKET 121 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 2016-07-26 | — | TX120068 |
| CIRCLE K STORE 2706971 | CORPUS CHRISTI | 2016-04-28 | — | TX119955 |
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 1,056 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 25 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