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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Forest County, WI
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.
148registered tank facilities
60open tanks
306closed tanks
70leak incidents on record
6cleanups still open
6 leak cleanups in
Forest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potawatomi Convenience | Wabeno | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | FCP5005 |
| Sokaogon Chippewa Convenience Store | Crandon | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SCC5003 |
| ICO Potawatomi Convenience | Wabeno | 0 / 3 | Closed UST(s) | FCP5001 |
| Arrowhead Indian Development Corp | Crandon | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | SCC5001 |
| AT&T Tower | Crandon | 0 / 2 | Closed UST(s) | FCP5003 |
| Mole Lake Smoke Shop | Crandon | 0 / 0 | Open UST(s) | SCC5002 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGES SELF SERVICE STATION | CRANDON | 2012-07-30 | — | WI03-21-559086 |
| AT & T COMMUNICATIONS | CRANDON | 2012-01-23 | — | WI03-21-558266 |
| AT&T Tower | Crandon | 2012-01-23 | Unknown Petroleum | R5-0316 |
| CAROLS RED ARROW BAR | CAVOUR | 1997-06-05 | — | WI03-21-150751 |
| HOFFMAN SITE | MOLE LAKE | 1990-08-27 | — | WI03-21-000510 |
| SPENCERS BAR | NEWALD | 1988-06-17 | — | WI03-21-000124 |
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 148 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