Little Blue Run Lake 🗺️
About Little Blue Run Lake ....
- Left: Little Blue Run Lake in 1993, prior to dewatering
- Right: Little Blue Run Lake in 2019 after partial dewatering
Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons of coal waste into the body of water. The lake contains 20 billion gallons of coal ash and smokestack scrubber waste. The northern coast of the lake is only a few hundred meters from the Ohio River, which is the drinking water source for more than three million people.
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 (1993) - Black and white Aerial photography from the summer of 1993, taken as part of National Agricultural Photography Program. PASDA/Penn State. WMS Service: https://imagery.pasda.psu.edu/arcgis/services/pasda/DOQQ/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: 0,1
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.