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Brownfield sites in Columbus County, North Carolina
EPA lists 30 brownfield sites in Columbus County. Grant recipients report them. 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned Building | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| C&J Express Tire Shop | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Arts Building | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| Former BJ's Service Station | Cerro Gordo | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T) | Whiteville | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Circle K | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Fair Bluff Ford Dealership | Fair Bluff | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Grocery Warehouse | Whiteville | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Healthcare Facility | Whiteville | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Healthcare Facility #2 | Whiteville | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Healthcare Facility #3 | Whiteville | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Ithaca Plant | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| Former J&K Restaurant | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| Former National Guard Armory Building | Fair Bluff | 1 | Assessment |
| Former News Reporter Building | Whiteville | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Tortimex Building | Whiteville | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Umbro Building | Fair Bluff | 1 | Assessment |
| Old Acme Delco School | Delco | 1 | Assessment |
| Old Bank Building | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| Vacant Land- N Brown St | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
| West Railroad Avenue | Chadbourn | 1 | Assessment |
9 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 Columbus County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 8 |
| Assessment | 30 |
| Cleanup | 0 |
| Targeted assessment | 0 |
| 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.