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

Spoil heap Wehofen-West

Potentially thermally active
Coal heap (contains coal remains)
41.02 ha
85.2 m height
1926 - unknown Period
Layers

Heap status
Inactive
Reclamation
Reclamation project

Thermal activity status
Potentially thermally active

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.waz.de/staedte/duisburg/nord/article8881584/die-halde-wehofen-bei-duisburg-brennt-seit-70-jahren.html Online source. Available at: https://www.bund-nrw.de/themen/klima-energie/im-fokus/steinkohle-ewigkeitslasten/brennende-bergbauhalden/
Information data quality: Low – Rough estimates, unverified online sources, oral testimonies, data extrapolated from neighboring sites, incomplete information, unknown sources
Geometric data accuracy: High – GPS/GNSS field survey (RTK/PPK), drone survey, LiDAR scanning, cadastral survey, total station