Online catalogue of coal waste heaps

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

Potentially thermally active
Coal heap (contains coal remains)
15.35 ha
108.0 m height
unknown - 2000 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://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeche_Westfalen Online source. Available at: https://www.ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de/zeche-westfalen/ Online source. Available at: https://www.bund-nrw.de/fileadmin/nrw/dokumente/Energie_und_Klima/2018_08_28_Antwort_auf_Anfrage_BUND_zu_brennenden_Bergehalden_web.pdf
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