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Brownfield sites in San Diego County, California
EPA lists 331 brownfield sites in San Diego County. Grant recipients report them. 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35th & E | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| 40th & Alpha | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| 47th & Market | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| A-1 Self Storage | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Albertsons grocery store | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| ARCO Facility #9577 | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Armstrong Egg Farm | Valley Center | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Blockbuster Video | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Bridge housing | San Diego | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Business Incubator Site | El Cajon | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Carcoa | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Champion Collision & Paint | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Chevron | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| City of El Cajon | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Condos | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Davies Property | Chula Vista | 1 | Assessment |
| DPRA Site 12 | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| DPRA Site 3 | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| DPRA Site 8 | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| East County Regional Center | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Alex's Discount Furniture | El Cajon | 2 | Assessment (2) |
| Former Chevron | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Educational Center | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Library | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Mobil | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Harold's Road Dump | Pauma Valley | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Hilltop & Euclid | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| IMV 10/Detention Basin | Vista | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Jacobs Market Street Property | San Diego | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| JCNI Bryco Business Park Site | San Diego | 1 | Targeted assessment, Area-wide planning |
| JCNI Guymon Site | San Diego | 1 | Targeted assessment, Area-wide planning |
| JCNI Hillside Site TBA | San Diego | 1 | Targeted assessment, Area-wide planning |
| JCNI Naranja Site TBA | San Diego | 1 | Targeted assessment, Area-wide planning |
| JCNI Southwest Village Site | San Diego | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment, Area-wide planning |
| JCNI Trolley Residential Property | San Diego | 1 | Ready for reuse, Targeted assessment |
| KKAR Smog and Auto Services | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Kressin/Detention Basin | Vista | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Magnolia Civic Center Area | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Magnolia Civic Center Library | El Cajon | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Market Row/South Hillside | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| Market St North and Market St South | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| Master Plating | San Diego | 1 | None |
| N Guymon Residential | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| National City | National City | 1 | State or tribal program |
| North Santa Fe/Orange Project Site | Vista | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Ocean View Property | San Diego | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Olson | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| Ouchi Courtyards | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| Residence | El Cajon | 4 | Assessment (4) |
| Sally Wong Property | San Diego | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| San Diego-Inspiration Point | San Diego | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| San Pasqual - Armstrong Egg Farm | Valley Center | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| SDG&E | El Cajon | 5 | Assessment (5) |
| Second Chance | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| Shell | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Site No. 309 / Welding Shop | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| Southwest Village | San Diego | 1 | Assessment |
| Steamed Bean | National City | 1 | Assessment |
| Sunshine Ave. Complex | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Suzuki of El Cajon | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Toyota of El Cajon Used Cars and Brooke Auto Insurance | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
| Unocal | El Cajon | 1 | Assessment |
261 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 San Diego County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 136 |
| Assessment | 312 |
| Cleanup | 0 |
| Targeted assessment | 14 |
| State or tribal program | 3 |
| Multipurpose grant | 0 |
| Area-wide planning | 5 |
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.