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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- NRC raw
raw report — unverified: 1200 nautical miles offshore of california a vessel had a release of 792 gallons of bunker fuel oil into their cargo hold. The cause of the …
nrc report · ID 1429859 · 37.068, -131.545
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1200 nautical miles offshore of california a vessel had a release of 792 gallons of bunker fuel oil into their cargo hold. The cause of the release is unknown at the time of this call. At this time the caller stated that there has been no release of material into the waterway, and there is no potential for the material to release into the waterway.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting black smoke and a strong awful smell getting worse from an oil field. Caller reports there is no supervision at field an…
nrc report · ID 1429883
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Caller is reporting black smoke and a strong awful smell getting worse from an oil field. Caller reports there is no supervision at field and gates are open. Caller does not know what material is being released or owner of oil field.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller stated an individual has several vehicles on their property that are being worked on. There is oil and gas being released onto the gr…
nrc report · ID 1429820
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Caller stated an individual has several vehicles on their property that are being worked on. There is oil and gas being released onto the ground. Vehicles are also being painted from time to time as well.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: /// this is an update to NRC report 1429787 and 1429788 /// /// the update is as follows /// The caller updated the release amount to 1,00…
nrc report · ID 1429795
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/// this is an update to NRC report 1429787 and 1429788 /// /// the update is as follows /// The caller updated the release amount to 1,000 gallons. The duration of the release was updated to 4.5 hours. /// original report below /// /// update to incident report # 1429787 /// Update is as follows: The caller states that the release of diesel, from the locomotive, is on going. But, the onsite personnel states that there has been a release of, at least, 300 gallons of diesel at this time. Original description is as follows: The caller is reporting a release of diesel, onto the ballast and soil, from the locomotive on a freight train. The caller states the release occurred after the train struck an unknown vehicle at a grade crossing. The caller states the driver exited the vehicle prior to the strike. There are no injuries or fatalities in this incident.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: /// update to incident report # 1429787 /// Update is as follows: The caller states that the release of diesel, from the locomotive, is on…
nrc report · ID 1429788
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/// update to incident report # 1429787 /// Update is as follows: The caller states that the release of diesel, from the locomotive, is on going. But, the onsite personnel states that there has been a release of, at least, 300 gallons of diesel at this time. Original description is as follows: The caller is reporting a release of diesel, onto the ballast and soil, from the locomotive on a freight train. The caller states the release occurred after the train struck an unknown vehicle at a grade crossing. The caller states the driver exited the vehicle prior to the strike. There are no injuries or fatalities in this incident.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller is reporting a release of diesel, onto the ballast and soil, from the locomotive on a freight train. The caller states the releas…
nrc report · ID 1429787
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The caller is reporting a release of diesel, onto the ballast and soil, from the locomotive on a freight train. The caller states the release occurred after the train struck an unknown vehicle at a grade crossing. The caller states the driver exited the vehicle prior to the strike. There are no injuries or fatalities in this incident.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller states there is an abandoned unregistered black and white commercial trawler releasing an unknown amount of diesel fuel into the tayl…
nrc report · ID 1429975
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Caller states there is an abandoned unregistered black and white commercial trawler releasing an unknown amount of diesel fuel into the taylor slough for unknown reasons
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller states a tractor trailer truck was traveling on the road, and is releasing an unknown material all over the roadway. Caller was able…
nrc report · ID 1429692
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Caller states a tractor trailer truck was traveling on the road, and is releasing an unknown material all over the roadway. Caller was able to wave down the driver, and tell them that they had a leak. The driver then gave the caller a card to call his company to report it and the truck continued on. Caller is concerned because, the material was released onto the roadway, but it also went onto the callers vehicle. Caller does not know exactly what the material is, but it had a potent smell that may have been a type of petroleum. Caller also suspects the material is hazardous.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller discovered residual fuel run-off, into san diego bay, from the deck of the vessel. The caller states the sheen occurred due to a …
nrc report · ID 1429684
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The caller discovered residual fuel run-off, into san diego bay, from the deck of the vessel. The caller states the sheen occurred due to a heavy rain event.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller discovered oil being dumped at the rear of the property, and impacting a nearby storm drain.
nrc report · ID 1429612
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source on san diego bay. The caller states a neighbor say the sheen on friday.
nrc report · ID 1429610
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller stated the m/v captain jack (dive vessel) was supporting the m/v polar resolution (tanker), when the hydraulic crane onboard the m/v …
nrc report · ID 1429583
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Caller stated the m/v captain jack (dive vessel) was supporting the m/v polar resolution (tanker), when the hydraulic crane onboard the m/v captain jack failed. This caused an unknown amount of hydraulic oil to release into the long beach inner harbor. The cause of release was due to mechanical failure.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reported an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the oakland estuary.
nrc report · ID 1429550
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source on bodega bay. Caller states this sheen may be coming from a vessel in the area …
nrc report · ID 1429539
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Caller is reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source on bodega bay. Caller states this sheen may be coming from a vessel in the area but that is not confirmed at this time.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reported 5 cups per minute of an unknown oil is discharging into santa cruz harbor from a vessel due to unknown causes from an outboa…
nrc report · ID 1429529
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Caller reported 5 cups per minute of an unknown oil is discharging into santa cruz harbor from a vessel due to unknown causes from an outboard motor.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting a 40 foot sunken pleasure craft in sandmound slough/ carol's harbor. Vessel sunk overnight due to unknown reasons. Vesse…
nrc report · ID 1429528
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Caller is reporting a 40 foot sunken pleasure craft in sandmound slough/ carol's harbor. Vessel sunk overnight due to unknown reasons. Vessel is releasing an unknown amount of unknown oil and diesel fuel into slough. Local authorities have been notified. Local wildlife impacted.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Potential Release Report: The caller recently came into a vessel that was repossessed from the dana point harbor, east anchorage location. T…
nrc report · ID 1429449
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Potential Release Report: The caller recently came into a vessel that was repossessed from the dana point harbor, east anchorage location. The inoperable vessel is currently taking on water, and the bilge contains hazardous waste and oil. The caller also discovered several buckets of human waste on board. The caller is reporting out of an abundance of caution.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting a hydraulic oil release into san diego bay due to an erupted hydraulic hose on the uss cincinnati. Release is estimated …
nrc report · ID 1429367
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Caller is reporting a hydraulic oil release into san diego bay due to an erupted hydraulic hose on the uss cincinnati. Release is estimated to be 20 gallons into san diego bay. Release has been secured and boom was deployed around the ship. Port ops was notified and material was left to dissipate.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Potential Release Report: Caller states the discovery of an abandoned 15-20' inboard/outboard motor vessel aground in the napa river for unk…
nrc report · ID 1429267
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Potential Release Report: Caller states the discovery of an abandoned 15-20' inboard/outboard motor vessel aground in the napa river for unknown reasons; potential products and amounts of products are unknown. Caller states the vessel was originally discovered approx 4 days ago and was just recently reported to the USCG. /// potential release ///
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source on coronado bay.
nrc report · ID 1429232
No public page - Cal Spill Watch
Dunsmuir Historical Oil – Update #26
active response · ID http://calspillwatch.wordpress.com/?p=1728
- NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the pacific ocean.
nrc report · ID 1429172
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raw report — unverified: Caller states there was an unknown petroleum leak possibly at a refinery. Caller was told the leak occurred sometime between 22-apr-2025 an…
nrc report · ID 1431478
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Caller states there was an unknown petroleum leak possibly at a refinery. Caller was told the leak occurred sometime between 22-apr-2025 and 04-may-2025. Caller states as a result of the leak many people got sick and had to go to the hospital. Caller states the area where the spill took place is where many homeless people live. Limited location information was given.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller stated that an unknown amount of an unknown oil is being released into a storm drain at the location. The source of the oil is fr…
nrc report · ID 1429130
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The caller stated that an unknown amount of an unknown oil is being released into a storm drain at the location. The source of the oil is from an auto shop at the location. The material in question is being released during normal operations at the auto shop such as oil changes and rinsing of engine blocks. According to the caller this has been ongoing for months.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller reported that a pleasure craft vessel is discharging an unknown amount of engine oil into the monterey bay. The cause of the rele…
nrc report · ID 1429099
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The caller reported that a pleasure craft vessel is discharging an unknown amount of engine oil into the monterey bay. The cause of the release is unknown.
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