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Brownfield sites in Catawba County, North Carolina
EPA lists 29 brownfield sites in Catawba County. Grant recipients report them. 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bumbarger Investments | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Conover Station | Conover | 1 | Ready for reuse |
| El Sambrero | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Elliot Knitting Mills/Piedmont Foundry & Machine | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Clay Printing | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Huttos Store | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Former S&W Chemical Specialties Facility | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Simmons Hosiery Mill | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Former St. Stephens School | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Freightliner Facility | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Hollar Hosiery | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Hollar Mobile Home Park | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Honeycutt | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Hotrod Barn | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| J&G Brokers | Hickory | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Joan Fabrics | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Moretz Mill | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Piedmont Wagon | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Regal Manufacturing | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| S&W Chemical | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Southern Desk | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Southern Hosiery | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Tinman 4 | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Tinman Property | Hickory | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Tinman Property 2 | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
| Tinman Property 3 | Hickory | 1 | Assessment |
3 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 Catawba County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 11 |
| Assessment | 27 |
| Cleanup | 0 |
| Targeted assessment | 1 |
| 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.
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.