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Brownfield sites in Nevada County, California
EPA lists 53 brownfield sites in Nevada County. Grant recipients report them. 23 carry EPA's ready-for-reuse flag.
Zoning: Check zoning with the city.
The sites
Each row is a site name and city, as EPA holds them. Where several sites share a name, the count shows how many.
| Site | City | Sites | EPA flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Save | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Berriman Ranch | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Bitton | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Buoma Erickson Toms Property | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Condon Park Caretaker's Home | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| East Burn Dump | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup |
| Empire Meadows | Nevada City | 1 | Assessment |
| Ferguson Property | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Ford Auto | Grass Valley | 3 | Ready for reuse (3), Assessment (3) |
| Former Bear River Mill, East | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Hirshman's Pond | Nevada City | 1 | Assessment |
| Idaho Maryland Mine | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| La Barr Meadows | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| McCarthy Property | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Mixed Use Site Res/Com | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Nagler Property | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| NE Sidewalk Improvement | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Nevada City Quartz Mill | Nevada City | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| North Burn Dump | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup |
| Old Lausman Mill | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Old Nevada City Airport | Nevada City | 1 | Assessment |
| Pioneer Park | Nevada City | 1 | Assessment |
| Plaza Drive | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Providence Mine- Mine Features Area | Nevada City | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Providence Mine-Waste Rock Area | Nevada City | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| River Otter Way | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| S. Auburn Health Club | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Sierra Terrace | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Sierra Tire and Trailer Center | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| South Auburn Street Properties | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Strip commercial center | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Tribal Weaver Building | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Water Treatment Plant | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| West Burn Dump | Grass Valley | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup |
| Wildflower Ridge Preserve | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Wolf Creek Corridor | Grass Valley | 1 | Assessment |
| Woods Ravine | Nevada City | 1 | Assessment |
13 more sites have an address or parcel number as the EPA name. We count them but don't show the name.
To see each site in Nevada County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 23 |
| Assessment | 49 |
| Cleanup | 6 |
| Targeted assessment | 2 |
| State or tribal program | 0 |
| Multipurpose grant | 0 |
| Area-wide planning | 0 |
A site can carry more than one flag. The grant flags show which kinds of EPA brownfield funding a site is listed under.
What this data holds
- Acreage isn't in EPA's national data, so we don't show site sizes.
- We hold no flood data for these sites.
- We show the city and county, not street addresses.
- Grant recipients report these sites to EPA. A flag is EPA's record, not a site visit.
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US EPA data, as of 18 Oct 2026, reported by grant recipients. Not endorsed by EPA. Not legal or environmental advice; confirm with the state or EPA region.