Online catalogue of coal waste heaps

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

Spoil heap Zollverein XII

Thermally inactive
Coal heap (contains coal remains)
7.39 ha
66.6 m height
Layers

Heap status
Inactive
Reclamation
Fully reclaimed

Thermal activity status
Thermally inactive

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.ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de/zollverein/
Information data quality: Medium – Historical documents without recent verification, secondary literature, satellite imagery analysis, expert estimates, third-party databases, older measurements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