Colorado Petroleum Storage Tank Release Events Since 1986

1986 onward records of petroleum release events from Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank systems in Colorado. The dataset includes location, remediation contacts, and event status, provided by the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, Division of Oil & Public Safety.

Use Cases

• Map release locations and density using Latitude and Longitude coordinates for spatial risk analysis.
• Analyze trends in Release Cause and Release Source over time using Release Date for incident prevention.
• Track remediation progress by correlating Status and Closure_Date for regulatory compliance monitoring.
• Identify sites requiring action by filtering on Status values like 'investigated' or 'assessed' for operational planning.
• Link facility details via Facility ID and Site Name for cross-referencing with other regulatory databases.

Strengths

• Records date back to 1986, providing over 30 years of historical data.
• Contains 23 columns detailing location, cause, status, and contacts for each event.
• Data includes geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for precise mapping.

Limitations

• The data provider states there is no guarantee of 100% accuracy, correctness, currentness, or completeness.
• Row count and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical representativeness.
• Duplicate column names (Longitude, Latitude) suggest potential data structure issues.

Provenance

Source

State of Colorado, Department of Labor & Employment, Division of Oil & Public Safety.

Collection Method

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Time Range

1986 onward

Freshness

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Geography

Colorado, United States