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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Wharton 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.
298registered tank facilities
173open tanks
562closed tanks
77leak incidents on record
4cleanups still open
4 leak cleanups in
Wharton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVES TRAVEL STOP 617 | HUNGERFORD | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX132488 |
| RICE FARMERS COOP | EL CAMPO | 5 / 2 | Open UST(s) | TX77866 |
| UNITED AG COOP | EL CAMPO | 4 / 2 | Open UST(s) | TX51798 |
| MC 4 | EL CAMPO | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX68362 |
| RITZ 1 | EL CAMPO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX68359 |
| OCHOAS | EL CAMPO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX65765 |
| RITZ 4 | EL CAMPO | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX68358 |
| COUNTRY FOOD STORE | LANE CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX66480 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUPER STOP 1 | WHARTON | 2018-07-11 | — | TX120558 |
| BESTOP FOOD & DELI MART | WHARTON | 2017-01-08 | — | TX120445 |
| LONE STAR AUTO TRADE | WHARTON | 2011-01-14 | — | TX118522 |
| HILLTOP GROCERY | KENDLETON | 1996-05-08 | — | TX110951 |
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 298 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 4 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