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Brownfield sites in Whiteside County, Illinois
EPA lists 22 brownfield sites in Whiteside County. Grant recipients report them. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47.5-Acre Industrial Site | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Areawide Stormwater Retention Area | Sterling | 3 | Assessment (2), Cleanup (1) |
| Armour Packing | Sterling | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Former Armour Plant | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Lawrence Brothers Hardware | Sterling | 1 | Cleanup |
| Former NWS&W Plant 1 | Sterling | 1 | None |
| Grain Loading And Distribution Center | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Grain Loading Terminal | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Home Improvement Store & Lumber Center | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Limestone Building Property | Rock Falls | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Lumber Off-Loading Facility | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Northwest Steel and Wire | Rock Falls | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Northwestern Steel and Wire Armour Packing | Sterling | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Parish Alford Site | Rock Falls | 1 | Assessment |
| Parish-Alford Facility | Rock Falls | 1 | Cleanup |
| Planned Multi-Commercial Area | Sterling | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Reliant Fastener (former) | Rock Falls | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Reliant Fastener, Inc. | Rock Falls | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Slag Recycling Area | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
| Sterling Industrial Park | Sterling | 1 | Assessment |
To see each site in Whiteside County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 2 |
| Assessment | 14 |
| Cleanup | 5 |
| Targeted assessment | 2 |
| State or tribal program | 3 |
| 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.