Centralia, PA  🗺️

About Centralia, PA ....

Centralia is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents in 1980 to 63 by 1990, to only five in 2017—a result of the coal mine fire which has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years-ghost-town

Map: Cascade Lake

Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.

Data Sources

Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.

Pennsylvania Aerial (2018-20) - Aerial photography from the summer of 2019, taken as part of National Agricultural Photography Program. PASDA/Penn State. WMS Service: https://apps.pasda.psu.edu/arcgis/services/PEMAImagery2018_2020/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: 1

3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray

Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.

More about Coal...

SVGZ Graphic: Coal Miners in Pennsylvania
SVGZ Graphic: Coal Power Plants - Year First Operating
SVGZ Graphic: Dogs at Midnight - Underground Coal Miners with Black Lung Disease

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