New York State Petroleum and Hazardous Material Spill Records

Spill Incidents contains records of petroleum and hazardous material spills reported under New York State law. The dataset includes administrative details, spill source and cause, material types, quantities, and affected water bodies. It is maintained by the State of New York and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spill source and cause frequencies to identify common failure points in industrial or transport systems.
• Model the relationship between material type spilled and quantity recovered to assess cleanup effectiveness.
• Map spill locations and affected surface water bodies for environmental impact and risk assessment.
• Track spill date/time and close date to analyze cleanup duration trends across DEC regions.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV.
• Records are based on mandatory reporting under New York State law and regulations.
• The dataset includes specific fields like material type, quantity spilled, and surface water bodies affected.

Limitations

• The total number of records (rows) and specific column schema are not provided, hindering initial assessment of scale and structure.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the 'last updated' date is in the future (2026-03-14), indicating potential metadata inaccuracy.
• Geographic coverage is limited to spills reported within the state of New York.

Provenance

Source

State of New York

Collection Method

Reports submitted by spillers or other knowledgeable parties as required by state law.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

State of New York, USA