Online catalogue of coal waste heaps

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

Thermally inactive
Coal heap (contains coal remains)
10.68 ha
210.0 m height
unknown - 1966 Period
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.euregio-im-bild.de/fotos/pfad-am-fuss-der-bergehalde-wilsberg.html Online source. Available at: https://www.maasvoll.de/bergbau-k/halde-wilsberg/entstehung/ Online source. Available at: https://www.freizeitportal.staedteregion-aachen.de/pois/aussichtspunkt-halde-wilsberg
Information data quality: Medium – Historical documents without recent verification, secondary literature, satellite imagery analysis, expert estimates, third-party databases, older measurements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