LPST sites in Cherokee County
The Commission has recorded 78 leaking petroleum storage tank cases in Cherokee County — 0.3% of the Texas total — and 4 of them have no closure date.
The open cases
4 of the 78 cases in Cherokee County are still open — 5.1%. The oldest of them was reported in 2012, and 3 were reported in 2015 or later.
That spread matters more than the count. An open case from the 1990s usually means a long remediation that was never formally closed; one from last year means something recent. The file records the two dates and nothing else — not the substance, not the extent, not what is left to do. How to read an open case.
When they were reported
A reporting date is not the date a tank started leaking — it is the date someone found out. In Cherokee County the pattern follows the state’s:
Tanks still in the ground in Cherokee County
The Commission’s other file — delivery certificates — records 100 storage tanks in Cherokee County, of which 100 are marked in use. 46 of them sit at a facility that also has a leak case on record.
That last number appears in neither file: it only exists once the two are joined on the facility number, which is what this site does. What the tank register holds.
Towns in Cherokee County
| Town | LPST cases | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | 48 | 61.5% |
| Rusk | 13 | 16.7% |
| Alto | 7 | 9.0% |
| Wells | 6 | 7.7% |
| New Summerfield | 2 | 2.6% |
| Troup | 1 | 1.3% |
| Linwood | 1 | 1.3% |
Buying, lending on, or insuring a site here?
78 leak cases are on the Commission’s file in Cherokee County, 4 of them still open. This site tells you a case exists; it is not an assessment. Tell us the address and we pass the request to environmental consultants who do Phase I work in Texas.
We take no commission and we recommend no consultant. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.
The cases on record in Cherokee County
Open cases first, then closed. 130 rows at most — the whole file is in the search.
| Site, as the Commission holds it | LPST case | Town | Status | Reported | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Dr Rays 1 Service Station | 121300 | Jacksonville | Open | 2021 | — |
| Huggy Bear Food Mart | 121598 | Jacksonville | Open | 2022 | — |
| Pick-n-pack | 120088 | Rusk | Open | 2016 | — |
| Texas State Rr Historical Park | 118861 | Rusk | Open | 2012 | — |
| Associated Milk Producers | 095633 | Rusk | Closed | 1990 | 1990 |
| Bilbo Freight Lines | 095354 | Wells | Closed | 1990 | 1990 |
| Brookshire Brothers 17 | 117168 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2007 | 2015 |
| Bush Bailey Oil | 091564 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1987 | 1998 |
| Campfire Charcoal | 100255 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1991 | 1991 |
| Central Baptist Church Empty Lot | 092368 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1988 | 1997 |
| Century 21 Real Estate | 093330 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1989 | 1996 |
| Champs Convenience Store | 118995 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2012 | 2013 |
| Cherokee County Barn Pct 1 | 102617 | Rusk | Closed | 1992 | 1997 |
| Cherokee County Barn Pct 1 | 102618 | Rusk | Closed | 1992 | 1997 |
| Cherokee County Barn Pct 2 | 102619 | Alto | Closed | 1992 | 1995 |
| City of Jacksonville Warehouse | 113317 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1997 | 2000 |
| Corner Market 101 | 113931 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1998 | 2004 |
| Corner Market 102 | 113918 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1999 | 2021 |
| Corner Market 102 | 113973 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1998 | 2021 |
| Dandy Double 2 | 117492 | Wells | Closed | 2007 | 2014 |
| Donald Emerson Texaco | 105809 | Rusk | Closed | 1993 | 1995 |
| Entex | 093237 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1989 | 1989 |
| Essex Texaco | 120137 | Rusk | Closed | 2016 | 2020 |
| Food Fast 52 | 112908 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1998 | 2004 |
| Former Batemans Texaco | 100892 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1991 | 2025 |
| Former Donald Emerson Texaco | 112712 | Rusk | Closed | 1997 | 2002 |
| Former J & P Kwik Stop 2 | 121134 | Rusk | Closed | 2020 | 2021 |
| Former Pals Fast Stop | 114835 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1999 | 2001 |
| Former Starling Texaco | 092226 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1988 | 2005 |
| Former Westside Mobil | 092282 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1988 | 2015 |
| Glass Texaco Station | 092225 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1988 | 2015 |
| Gte Jacksonville | 104941 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1992 | 1993 |
| Gte Jacksonville Central Office | 105215 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1992 | 1993 |
| H T Treadwell Exxon | 114254 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1998 | 2000 |
| H T Treadwell Oil | 108701 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1994 | 2013 |
| Howard Martin Store | 100893 | Troup | Closed | 1991 | 2010 |
| Jacksonville Daily Progress | 092797 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1989 | 2000 |
| Jacksonville Isd Transportat N Dept | 094676 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1990 | 1991 |
| Jjs Fast Stop 226 | 112787 | Alto | Closed | 1997 | 1999 |
| John Rheas | 107309 | Wells | Closed | 1993 | 2002 |
| Js Auto | 109009 | Alto | Closed | 1995 | 1995 |
| Key Food 4 | 116199 | Rusk | Closed | 2004 | 2021 |
| Kirkland Oil Bulk Plant | 121546 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2022 | 2023 |
| Lawson Texaco | 105600 | Alto | Closed | 1992 | 1997 |
| Lindseys Grocery | 100528 | Alto | Closed | 1991 | 2007 |
| Linwood Headquarters | 101223 | Linwood | Closed | 1991 | 1992 |
| Little Bear Grocery | 113224 | Alto | Closed | — | 2011 |
| Lucky Stop Shell Station | 113936 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1998 | 2005 |
| Mcdonalds Restaurant | 093025 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1989 | 1995 |
| Multi Site Environmental Impact | 091478 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1987 | 2001 |
| Murphy Oil Usa 6620 | 117847 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2008 | 2012 |
| Murphy Usa 6620 | 121126 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2020 | 2021 |
| Nan Travis Memorial Hospital | 105261 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1992 | 1995 |
| Newburns Grocery | 099917 | Wells | Closed | 1991 | 1992 |
| Nu Time Fina | 113220 | New Summerfield | Closed | — | 2010 |
| Old Bulk Plant | 111979 | Jacksonville | Closed | — | 2000 |
| Phil Huttash | 092853 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1989 | 1989 |
| Polk Pick It Up 2 | 112904 | Wells | Closed | 1997 | 2014 |
| Polks Pick It Up 2 | 101517 | Wells | Closed | 1991 | 1992 |
| Powell Plant Farm | 100494 | New Summerfield | Closed | 1991 | 1999 |
| Race Runner 3 | 120846 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2019 | 2022 |
| Road Runner 102 | 091565 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1987 | 2001 |
| Rockas Super Market | 101470 | Alto | Closed | 1991 | 1993 |
| Sevko Warehouse | 103815 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1992 | 1993 |
| Sterion Former Jj Medical | 106950 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1993 | 2009 |
| Stripes 5272 | 120208 | Rusk | Closed | 2017 | 2019 |
| Tallyho Plastics | 094897 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1990 | 1990 |
| Tarrant 15 | 092346 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1988 | 2003 |
| Texas Basket | 104657 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1992 | 2004 |
| Texas State Rr Historical Park | 113366 | Rusk | Closed | — | 1999 |
| Thompson Oil 3 | 110681 | Jacksonville | Closed | — | 1998 |
| Town Country Drive In | 104934 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1992 | 2007 |
| Triple T Sales | 093924 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1988 | 2004 |
| Txdot | 096231 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1990 | 1996 |
| Txdot Parcel 150 Former New Time Mart | 121516 | Jacksonville | Closed | 2022 | 2024 |
| Txdot Parcel 5 Hwy 79 Row | 116308 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1996 | 2004 |
| Txdot Rusk Facility | 097590 | Rusk | Closed | 1990 | 2005 |
| Western Pulp Products | 094915 | Jacksonville | Closed | 1990 | 1990 |
Counties with a comparable record
- Henderson 85
- Jim Wells 83
- Fayette 82
- Wise 82
- Wood 82
- Jasper 80
- Wharton 80
- Hopkins 77
- Anderson 76
- Hardin 74
- Polk 74
- Kerr 72
- Cooke 71
Neighbours by the size of their record, not a ranking: the list slides with the county you are on, so each of the 82 county pages is reachable from the others. All of them.