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Fire Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Post-Mining Spoil Heaps in Europe

Spoil heap Wehofen-North

Thermally inactive
Coal heap (contains coal remains)
50.91 ha
85.0 m height
1926 - unknown Period
Layers

Heap status
Inactive
Reclamation
Fully reclaimed

Thermal activity status
Thermally inactive

Huske (1998). Source on mining and spoil-heap history. District Government of Cologne. Digital Terrain Model (DGM1m) [online]. https://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de/geobasis-nrw/produkte-und-dienste/hoehenmodelle/digitale-gelaendemodelle/digitales-gelaendemodell Online source. Available at: https://www.nrz.de/staedte/dinslaken-huenxe-voerde/article9479471/thyssen-krupps-plaene-fuer-deponie-erweiterung-in-duisburg-kommen-voran.html
Information data quality: Medium – Historical documents without recent verification, secondary literature, satellite imagery analysis, expert estimates, third-party databases, older measurements
Geometric data accuracy: High – GPS/GNSS field survey (RTK/PPK), drone survey, LiDAR scanning, cadastral survey, total station