Incident Archive
The complete set of public incident records Tarline collects for the California coast, from four independent sources: NOAA IncidentNews case pages, raw National Response Center caller reports, satellite oil-signature detections, and California Spill Watch response notices. Search the text, narrow to one source, and page through the whole history.
Every row here is a source report, not a confirmed release. National Response Center entries in particular are self-reported by callers with no agency verification step, satellite detections are possible signatures rather than sampled oil, and a report saying nothing about a beach is not evidence that the beach was clean. Follow the link on a row and read the original record before citing it.
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Showing 401 to 425 of 2,160 records for all sources
- NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the marina waters. The sheen appears to have been blown in from the west. Call…
nrc report · ID 1464025
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Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the marina waters. The sheen appears to have been blown in from the west. Caller described the sheen as 500 yds x 500 yds and rainbow in color.
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raw report — unverified: The caller discovered an unknown sheen on the south end of kona kai marina. The caller states the source of the sheen is unknown.
nrc report · ID 1464036
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raw report — unverified: The caller discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the back basin yacht harbor.
nrc report · ID 1464001
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raw report — unverified: ///update to incident report # 1463993/// Update is as follows: after further investigation with EPA was completed, the caller states the r…
nrc report · ID 1464326
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///update to incident report # 1463993/// Update is as follows: after further investigation with EPA was completed, the caller states the release is from natural seepage in the river and not from their pipelines. Original description is as follows: caller is making a report involving a spill of crude oil that was discovered in the l.a. River. Exact source of the crude oil is unknown but the caller states it is just north of their last release from a pipeline and so they are making this report as a precaution to make it is not another section of their pipeline that it discharged from. The sheen length is as far as the eye can see.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is making a report involving a spill of crude oil that was discovered in the l.a. River. Exact source of the crude oil is unknown bu…
nrc report · ID 1463993 · 34.068, -118.224
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Caller is making a report involving a spill of crude oil that was discovered in the l.a. River. Exact source of the crude oil is unknown but the caller states it is just north of their last release from a pipeline and so they are making this report as a precaution to make it is not another section of their pipeline that it discharged from. The sheen length is as far as the eye can see.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting the discovery of a 55 gallon blue poly drum that has spilled an unknown oil onto the ground.
nrc report · ID 1463844
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting thousands of tar balls on the beach coming in from the pacific ocean.
nrc report · ID 1463843
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raw report — unverified: Caller reporting an unknown sheen and tar balls on the butterfly beach. The precise source and cause are unknown. The sheen is covering an…
nrc report · ID 1463835 · 34.414, -119.640
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Caller reporting an unknown sheen and tar balls on the butterfly beach. The precise source and cause are unknown. The sheen is covering an area approx .33 mi long and 100 yds wide. Tar balls are ranging in size. Some have been found up to 1 foot in diameter. Sheen is moving towards the shore and described as dirty rainbow in color.
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raw report — unverified: Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source on padaro beach. Caller stated the sheen is larger and more concentrated than what …
nrc report · ID 1463826
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Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source on padaro beach. Caller stated the sheen is larger and more concentrated than what they have typically seen in the past. The oil is washing up to the shore as well. Caller has lived in the area for 10 years. Oil sheening noted stronger in the middle of the cove. Sheen dimensions could not be given as the sheen extended further than the caller could see.
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raw report — unverified: Calle reported an unknown sheen from an unknown source 100-150 feet x 200 feet and dark black in color. Caller says that the area smells li…
nrc report · ID 1463819
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Calle reported an unknown sheen from an unknown source 100-150 feet x 200 feet and dark black in color. Caller says that the area smells like fresh asphalt.
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raw report — unverified: The caller reported that a pleasure craft vessel sank in the waters of the san joaquin delta river. The cause of the sinking is unknown. No …
nrc report · ID 1463799
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The caller reported that a pleasure craft vessel sank in the waters of the san joaquin delta river. The cause of the sinking is unknown. No materials have been released and there is no sheen on the water, but there is a potential for a release of unknown fuel or oils on board.
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raw report — unverified: Caller reported mutliple lines of unknown oil off the beach stretching .25 mile long. The source of the oil is unknown to the caller.
nrc report · ID 1463757
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raw report — unverified: The caller discovered a release of crude oil into san diego bay from a military aircraft carrier. The caller states the cause of the release…
nrc report · ID 1463735
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The caller discovered a release of crude oil into san diego bay from a military aircraft carrier. The caller states the cause of the release was due to unknown reasons.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting an unknown sheen in the monterey harbor.
nrc report · ID 1463700
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raw report — unverified: The caller reported the discovery of an unknown sheen from an unknown source on the waters of the pacific ocean.
nrc report · ID 1463666 · 34.369, -119.615
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raw report — unverified: Caller reported the release of an unknown amount of diesel fuel from a submarine due to an equipment failure while fueling. The area was alr…
nrc report · ID 1463637
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Caller reported the release of an unknown amount of diesel fuel from a submarine due to an equipment failure while fueling. The area was already boomed off.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting the discovery of an unknown sheen at the incident location.
nrc report · ID 1463600
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raw report — unverified: The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in ventura harbor. The caller stated that they believe the sh…
nrc report · ID 1463545
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The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in ventura harbor. The caller stated that they believe the sheen is around (3) gallons of gasoline based on size and odor.
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raw report — unverified: The caller is reporting a release of diesel, onto the ground, from a tractor trailer truck and refrigeration trailer. The caller states the …
nrc report · ID 1463484
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The caller is reporting a release of diesel, onto the ground, from a tractor trailer truck and refrigeration trailer. The caller states the cause of the incident may be from debris in the road, but it is unknown at this time.
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raw report — unverified: The caller stated that for the last (3) years a vehicle has been releasing unknown amounts of motor oil. The material has released onto the …
nrc report · ID 1463449
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The caller stated that for the last (3) years a vehicle has been releasing unknown amounts of motor oil. The material has released onto the ground and onto the apartment complex.
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raw report — unverified: The caller discovered a single vehicle accident resulting in the tractor trailer truck striking a storage facility, and released oil and ant…
nrc report · ID 1463399
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The caller discovered a single vehicle accident resulting in the tractor trailer truck striking a storage facility, and released oil and antifreeze, and diesel onto the parking lot.
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raw report — unverified: Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the berkeley yacht harbor. Sheening described as thick black and some areas and …
nrc report · ID 1463414
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Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the berkeley yacht harbor. Sheening described as thick black and some areas and rainbow in others. Caller reported the sheening appears to becoming from neglected vessels at the slip.
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raw report — unverified: Caller discovered an unknown number of tar balls washed up on the beach at the incident location.
nrc report · ID 1463374
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raw report — unverified: Diesel fuel discharged from a vessel due to an unknown cause at this time.
nrc report · ID 1463358
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raw report — unverified: Caller reported an unknown sheen from an unknown source.
nrc report · ID 1463328
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