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Brownfield sites in Harlan County, Kentucky
EPA lists 23 brownfield sites in Harlan County. Grant recipients report them. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benham City Hall | Benham | 1 | Assessment |
| City Hall | Cumberland | 1 | Assessment |
| Coal Mine Bath House | Lynch | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Creech Building | Cumberland | 1 | Assessment |
| Cumberland Golf Course | Cumberland | 1 | Assessment |
| Direct Fuels #1 | Baxter | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Evarts High School | Evarts | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Former Belk Building | Harlan | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Former Benham Clinic | Benham | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup |
| Former Harlan Ford Motor Company Property | Harlan | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Hospital | Benham | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Lewallen Hotel Property | Harlan | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Lynch Clinic | Lynch | 2 | Assessment (2) |
| Former Power Plant Facility | Lynch | 1 | Assessment |
| Harlan-Putney Site | Harlan | 1 | Assessment |
| Historic Lynch Bank & Post Office | Lynch | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Historic Lynch School | Lynch | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Lynch Clinic | Cumberland | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Old Cumberland High School | Cumberland | 1 | Assessment |
| Police, Fire & Maintenance | Cumberland | 1 | Assessment |
| Rowlett Building | Cumberland | 1 | Assessment |
| Variety Store | Benham | 1 | Assessment |
To see each site in Harlan County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 6 |
| Assessment | 19 |
| Cleanup | 1 |
| Targeted assessment | 0 |
| State or tribal program | 4 |
| 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.