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)
8.81 ha
337.4 m height
Layers

Heap status
Inactive
Reclamation
Reclamation project

Thermal activity status
Potentially thermally active

Slotta, D. (2011). Hard-Coal Mining in Saarland: Images of People, Mines and Mining Life. Dillingen/Saar: Krüger Druck+Verlag. Online source. Available at: https://www.shop.lvgl.saarland.de/cloud/index.php/s/MG5dGJDAbGbPJYc
Information data quality: Medium – Historical documents without recent verification, secondary literature, satellite imagery analysis, expert estimates, third-party databases, older measurements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