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Envirosite Provides Environmental Data to
Aid in Hurricane Laura Cleanup Efforts.

 

 

Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27 at 1 am CDT near Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane with winds raging at 150 mph. The National Hurricane Center published Hurricane Laura storm surge maps for Louisiana and Texas. During catastrophic weather events, we believe it is our civic duty to provide free maps on the impacted areas. We combined the National Hurricane Center's Storm Surge data with Envirosite's extensive environmental and geospatial data sets to help aid public officials and environmental professionals.

The Storm Surge impact analysis indicates the highest number of contaminated sites at risk of flooding in Louisiana were in Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Terrebonne, and Vermilion Parishes. For Texas, the highest number of contaminated sites at risk were in Orange and Jefferson Counties.

 

Figure 1:  Contaminated Sites in the inundated areas lining the coast of Louisiana

 

Figure 2:  Contaminated Sites in the inundated areas in Jefferson and Orange Counties in Texas.

 

The affected area maps are available for Louisiana and Texas.

The Envirosite contaminated and regulated sites data -- related to Hurricane Laura can be downloaded here.

 

Summary

Hurricane Laura Sites kmz 

Louisiana sites			Texas sites
LA Group/Subgroup	Count		TX Group/Subgroup	Count
CONTAMINATED SITES	1060		CONTAMINATED SITES	249
Superfund NPL, NPL-Related	135		Superfund NPL, NPL-Related	64
State Hazardous Waste sites	23		State Hazardous Waste sites	40
Brownfields	5		Brownfields	3
Spills, Other contaminated sites	897		Spills, Other contaminated sites	142
POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES	194		POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES	1058
RCRA Regulated sites	63		RCRA Regulated sites	123
Above Ground Storage Tanks (bulk storage)	45		Above Ground Storage Tanks (bulk storage)	112
Gas Stations and Underground Storage Tanks	86		Gas Stations and Underground Storage Tanks	396
Other potentially contaminated sites	0		Other potentially contaminated sites	427
Grand Total	1254		Grand Total	1307

 

Hurricane Laura Inundation kmz

Here is the legend for the NHC Potential Storm Surge Flooding Map

1 = 0 to 1 foot above ground
2 = Greater than 1 foot above ground
3 = Greater than 3 feet above ground
4 = Greater than 6 feet above ground
5 = Greater than 9 feet above ground

 

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Questions may be directed to Niem Tash,
Data Initiatives Manager at ntash@envirositecorp.com.