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Brownfield sites in North Carolina
EPA lists 1,153 brownfield sites in North Carolina. Grant recipients report them. Here are the counts, EPA's flags and every county.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 228 |
| Assessment | 848 |
| Cleanup | 28 |
| Targeted assessment | 22 |
| State or tribal program | 0 |
| 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.
Counties with 8 or more sites
| County | Sites | Ready for reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Anson County | 25 | 1 |
| Beaufort County | 12 | 4 |
| Buncombe County | 29 | 11 |
| Cabarrus County | 20 | 7 |
| Caldwell County | 12 | 1 |
| Catawba County | 29 | 11 |
| Chatham County | 25 | 4 |
| Columbus County | 30 | 8 |
| Craven County | 18 | 3 |
| Cumberland County | 225 | 0 |
| Davidson County | 8 | 5 |
| Durham County | 82 | 3 |
| Edgecombe County | 19 | 7 |
| Forsyth County | 22 | 2 |
| Gaston County | 12 | 2 |
| Guilford County | 45 | 23 |
| Halifax County | 15 | 6 |
| Harnett County | 13 | 2 |
| Johnston County | 14 | 9 |
| Lee County | 56 | 0 |
| Lenoir County | 21 | 10 |
| Lincoln County | 8 | 1 |
| Martin County | 15 | 7 |
| Mecklenburg County | 33 | 4 |
| Moore County | 12 | 6 |
| Nash County | 36 | 19 |
| New Hanover County | 27 | 5 |
| Pitt County | 14 | 2 |
| Richmond County | 9 | 3 |
| Robeson County | 38 | 4 |
| Rowan County | 22 | 7 |
| Scotland County | 11 | 1 |
| Wake County | 20 | 2 |
| Warren County | 21 | 7 |
| Wayne County | 15 | 1 |
| Wilson County | 45 | 13 |
Counties with fewer than 8 sites
These counties have no page of their own. The number is their site count.
- Alamance County (2)
- Alexander County (2)
- Alleghany County (1)
- Avery County (1)
- Brunswick County (2)
- Burke County (3)
- Burtcombe County (1)
- Carteret County (1)
- Cleveland County (6)
- Davie County (1)
- Franklin County (6)
- Greene County (2)
- Greenville County (3)
- Henderson County (6)
- Hoke County (5)
- Iredell County (2)
- Jackson County (1)
- Macon County (1)
- Madison County (1)
- McDowell County (3)
- Mitchell County (1)
- Northampton County (2)
- Onslow County (1)
- Orange County (1)
- Perquimans County (1)
- Polk County (2)
- Randolph County (5)
- Rockingham County (7)
- Rutherford County (7)
- Surry County (3)
- Transylvania County (2)
- Wilkes County (1)
- Wilson Coounty County (1)
11 sites in North Carolina have no county in EPA's data.
To see each site in North Carolina on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
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.
- Zoning: Check zoning with the city.
- 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.