57657
Refugio Overflight Observation of Oil - May 21 to June 3, 2015 (500 Meter Buffer)
Data Set
Published / External
57393
Refugio Beach Oil Spill
Project
In Work
2015-05-21
Unknown
2019-06-03
On May 19, 2015, a pipeline owned ruptured in Santa Barbara County, California, near Refugio State Beach. An estimated 21,000 gallons of the oil flowed overland from the break site into the Pacific Ocean and spread across the marine environment. NOAA and our state and federal partners are investigating these impacts and will determine the amount of restoration needed to return the environment to the condition it was in before the spill and to compensate the public for environmental degradation from the time of the spill until recovery.
This layer represents an estimated areal extent of oil based on point observations of oiling from flyovers during the response of the Refugio Beach Oil Spill (RBOS). Point observations were buffered at 500 meters to create the areal oiling extent.
On May 19, 2015, over 100,000 gallons of crude oil was released from a 24” rupture in an onshore pipeline in Santa Barbara County. At least 21,000 gallons of the released oil flowed through a culvert and into the ocean resulting in fouling of shoreline (which runs east to west), nearshore waters, and waters further offshore around Refugio State Beach (Santa Barbara County, California). Some of the oil that moved out to sea (south) fouled offshore kelp bed canopies. The shoreline, composed of sandy beaches, rocky stretches, and cobble/boulder fields was heavily oiled. Animals and plants in the oiled areas were exposed to crude oil, and in some instances oil-related mortalities have already occurred. Most active response was completed within a couple of months, although ongoing cleaning of rocks and removal of tarballs is still occurring on some beaches. The trustees collected information on exposure and acute mortality or impaired reproduction following the spill. Continuing work includes studies to refine preliminary injury determination and to identify scaling metrics and begin to identify restoration types appropriate to injuries sustained to natural resources and impaired or loss of use of these resources. Resources included in the assessment are: rocky intertidal resources, sandy beach resources, birds, mammals, subtidal seagrasses and invertebrates, fish and recreational uses. The Trustees (State of California is the lead; NOAA, USFWS and others) are working cooperatively with representatives of the responsible party (Plains All-American Pipeline, Ltd).
This layer was created to give an approximation of what the areal extent of oil on water for the entire spill could have been based on point observations collected during flyovers.
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Service Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > HAZARDS MANAGEMENT > HAZARDS MITIGATION
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA
Data Set
GIS Files
As Needed
Map (digital)
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Data Steward
2015-05-21
Organization
Office of Response and Restoration
ORR
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
ORR Home Page
Online Resource
Distributor
2015-05-21
Organization
Office of Response and Restoration
ORR
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
ORR Home Page
Online Resource
Metadata Contact
2015-05-21
Organization
Office of Response and Restoration
ORR
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
ORR Home Page
Online Resource
Originator
2015-05-21
Organization
Office of Response and Restoration
ORR
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
ORR Home Page
Online Resource
Ground Condition
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34.566513866
33.4394634832
Range
2015-05-21
2019-06-03
Unclassified
These data may be provisional and restricted to Trustees within a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.
The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
These metadata may be provisional and restricted to Trustees within a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.
The user is responsible for the results of any application of this metadata for other than its intended purpose.
2015-05-21
https://erma.noaa.gov/southwest/erma.html
2015-05-21
Organization
Office of Response and Restoration
ObservationBased_Oiling_Footprint
Zip
Zip
Not Chked
https://erma.noaa.gov/southwest/erma.html#/layers=12+42539&x=-119.35573&y=34.19609&z=9&panel=legend
Visual representation of GIS data
Online Resource
Web
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Unknown
No
No
To Be Determined
The Spatial Data Branch publishes this data on behalf of the originator. Data visually represented in ERMA are aimed to guide responders, decision makers, and users in making informed steps of analysis and action.
NOAA
Organization
NOAA/NOS/ORR/ARD/SDB - Assessment and Restoration Division/Spatial Data Branch
Originator
2019-08-19
Range
2015-05-21
2019-06-03
1
Data collected in support of the NRDA were collected and managed in ERMA, an online mapping tool, and DIVER, an environmental data warehouse, platforms developed and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD).
Organization
Office of Response and Restoration
ORR
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
ORR Home Page
Online Resource
NOAA
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2019-09-18T19:17:18
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2020-04-23
1 Year
2021-04-23