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Brownfield sites in Winnebago County, Illinois
EPA lists 167 brownfield sites in Winnebago County. Grant recipients report them. 54 carry EPA's ready-for-reuse flag.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7XX Kishwaukee Court | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Abandoned Auto Repair Facility | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Abandoned Building | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Barber Colman | Rockford | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Barber Colman - Former Machine Shop site | Rockford | 1 | Cleanup |
| Barber Colman - Invensys Metal Plating Area (Buildings 14/15) | Rockford | 1 | None |
| Barber Colman - River Street Site | Rockford | 1 | Cleanup |
| Barber Colman - Rock Street Frontage property | Rockford | 1 | Cleanup |
| Beasley Property | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Blackhawk Area Council Boy Scouts of America Offic | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Bliss Building Redevelopment | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Brown's Temple | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Bud's Automotive | Winnebago | 1 | Assessment |
| Buddyville | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment |
| Carl E. Pond Funeral Home | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Clean Car Wash | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Clean Car Wash-3000 | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Colman Yards Redevelopment Site | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| ComEd Property | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| COR Wellness Center | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Counselor Property | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Crash One Collision Center | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Crudup Property | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Crusader Clinic Site | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| CSB Shirland Ave Site -Former PRS International | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment, Cleanup |
| Daily Auto Upholstery | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Day Food Mart | Rockford | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| East State Street Properties | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Fairgrounds Valley | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Fish & Shrimp Burger | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Almart | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Bills Back Service Station | Loves Park | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Buckbee Seed House | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Capital Theater | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot Building | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Circuit City Building | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Clark Oil & Refining Corp. | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Coastal Mart Property | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Comcast Building | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Cotta Transmission | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Custom Gear and Machine | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Drycleaner / Clark Station | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former El Carrizal Restaurant | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former ELCO Tool & Screw | Rockford | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Former Essex Wire | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Filling Station/Auto Repair Shop | Rockford | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Former First Presbyterian Church | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Garden Hotel | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Highland Lumber & Fuel Company | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Inn Town Motel | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former J.H. Patterson Lumber Yard | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Lloyd's Hearing Aid | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Former McDonalds/Filling Station | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Merfeld's Auto Repair | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Modern Metal Products Properties | Loves Park | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Parkside Uniform | Loves Park | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Pep Boys Store | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Pesticide Manufacturing Facility | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Phase II Sales & Service | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Robert Cholke Photography | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Singer Hospital | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Former TAPCO | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Former Tapco Property | Rockford | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Former Trekk Media / Walgreen's Building | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Founder's Landing Building | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Future Fire Station Site | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Howie's Skid Row | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) | Rockford | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Ingersoll Milling Machine Company | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Ingersoll Production Systems | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Larry's Garage and Machine Shop | Rockford | 2 | Assessment (2) |
| Louies Auto Repair | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Mannino Property | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment, Cleanup |
| Marvin's Tire Shop | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Mary's Restaurant | South Beloit | 1 | State or tribal program |
| New St. John Church Building | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Overlay District - Former Print Shop | Loves Park | 1 | Assessment |
| Overlay District Drainage Channel | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Overlay District Plating Shop | Loves Park | 1 | Assessment |
| Overlay District Residence | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Overlay District Warehouse | Loves Park | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Ozinga Concrete | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Papa John's | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment |
| Prairie Hill Frontage | South Beloit | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Previous LTW Convenience Store | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Primecast, Inc.(former) | South Beloit | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Residential-105 | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Residential-107 | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Residential-113 | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Residential-117 | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Residential-121 | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Riggs Property | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Rockford Armory | Rockford | 1 | Assessment, Multipurpose grant |
| Rollie Site | Durand | 1 | Assessment |
| Salgado Property | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment |
| Sonoco Products Company | Rockton | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Sparkle Cleaners | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Sports Dome/K's Cleaners | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Starlight Baptist Missionary Church | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| SW Rockford Neighborhood Brownfields Site | Rockford | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Think Big Property | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Trap Star Record & Studio | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Turtle Creek Breezeway Property | South Beloit | 1 | Assessment |
| Vacant Commercial Building | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| W. State Street Improvement Property (Phase II) | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Way Low Gas Station | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| West State Street | Rockford | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Windsor Holdings | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Winnebago County Justice Center | Rockford | 1 | Assessment |
| Winnebago County Trustee Property | Rockford | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
56 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 Winnebago County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 54 |
| Assessment | 156 |
| Cleanup | 13 |
| Targeted assessment | 7 |
| State or tribal program | 8 |
| Multipurpose grant | 1 |
| 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.