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Brownfield sites in Black Hawk County, Iowa
EPA lists 111 brownfield sites in Black Hawk County. Grant recipients report them. 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Legion | Waterloo | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Azzy's Site | Waterloo | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Cedar Valley Food Bank | Waterloo | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Central Battery Building | Waterloo | 1 | Multipurpose grant |
| Chicago Central Pacific Railroad Property | Waterloo | 1 | None |
| Cleveland Welding Supply | Waterloo | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Former Alstadt and Langlas Bakery | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment, Multipurpose grant |
| Former Construction Machinery Company | Waterloo | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Former Rath Buildings | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Former River Road ROW | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment |
| Former RR Property (JR Drive between W7th and W8th) | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment |
| former Schultz Manufacturing | Waterloo | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Former St. John's Church | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment, Multipurpose grant |
| Former Weissman Steel Site | Cedar Falls | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Jens Olesen & Sons Construction Company Rubble Site | Waterloo | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Manatts | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment |
| Meyers Sheet Metal Property | Waterloo | 1 | None |
| Mount Property | Waterloo | 1 | None |
| Operation Threshold | Waterloo | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Proposed Family Dollar - Waterloo, Iowa | Waterloo | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Raffridge Property | Waterloo | 1 | None |
| Redding Property | Waterloo | 1 | None |
| Union Planters Bank/Sevey Property | Waterloo | 1 | None |
| Vacant located at southwest intersection of Lane and Mulberry Streets | Waterloo | 1 | Assessment |
| Waterloo Former Dry Cleaners Site | Waterloo | 1 | Targeted assessment |
86 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 Black Hawk County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 49 |
| Assessment | 90 |
| Cleanup | 1 |
| Targeted assessment | 4 |
| State or tribal program | 2 |
| Multipurpose grant | 14 |
| 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.