State of California

Economically Significant Oil Spill Sites

This point data set shows locations of Economically Significant Sites along the California coast from Del Norte to San Diego counties. Data for locating these points came from the Area Contingency Plans, Geographic Names Information System, and DeLorme Street Atlas. Some sites were found using the internet.

Example records
NamebrandAlternate NamebrandFull AddressaddressXgeospatialYgeospatialObjectididentifierSite NoidentifierLatddgeospatialLonddgeospatialDescriptioadditional dataUse industryCountyaddress
San Clemente Pier Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente-13093415.43113951144.85279394633.41969-117.62014 Pier - fishing.Orange County
Aliso Beach County Park 31131 S. Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach-13108021.66493963181.20119383733.50989-117.75135 Beach - day use.Orange County
Laguna Canyon Beach Laguna Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway, Lagu-13111828.79233967566.50719373633.54273-117.78555 Beach - day use.Orange County
Use cases

Marine Cargo and Port Facility Underwriting

A commercial insurance underwriter assessing a new marine policy for a coastal business checks whether the facility appears on a government list of economically significant spill sites, which signals elevated environmental liability exposure and informs premium pricing and exclusion clauses.

NameFull AddressUse Resp CatCounty

Environmental Liability Screening for Commercial Real Estate Lending

A bank's credit risk team evaluating a loan secured by coastal commercial property cross-references the collateral address against known economically significant spill sites to flag properties where an oil spill event could impair asset value or trigger regulatory remediation costs.

Full AddressLatddLonddUse County

Supply Chain Vendor Site Exposure Assessment

A food and beverage company sourcing seafood from California coastal suppliers maps their vendors' harvest and processing locations against this dataset to identify which supply nodes sit within high-priority spill impact zones, informing contingency sourcing plans and contract force majeure terms.

NameLatddLonddUse Resp Cat
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