Welcome to IncidentNews
This site has news, photos, and other information about selected oil spills (and other incidents) where NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) provided scientific support for the incident response. It contains information on thousands of historical incidents spanning 30 years of OR&R spill response. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Sheen Report; off Huntington Beach, CA
off Huntington Beach, CA
2024-Mar-08
Request for Whale Carcass Drift Analysis off the North Carolina Coast
Offshore North Carolina
2024-Mar-05
Diesel Spill on Ice at Nanushuk Operations Pad; North Slope, AK
North Slope, AK
2024-Mar-02
Sunken Recreational Vessel; Seekonk River, East Providence, RI
Seekonk River, East Providence, RI 02914, USA
2024-Feb-26
Damaged Freighter Rubymar, Red Sea; Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aden
2024-Feb-22
Hydraulic Fluid Discharge from Jack-up Rig; Gulf State Park Pier; Gulf Shores, AL
Gulf State Park Pier, 20800 E Beach Blvd, Gulf Shores, AL 36542, USA
2024-Feb-20
Dead North Atlantic Right Whale; floating off the coast of Georgia
Off coast of Georgia
2024-Feb-14
Abandoned Drum; Mona Island, PR
Culebra, PR
2024-Feb-13
Sunken Pleasure Craft, Detroit River; Detroit, MI
4105 W Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48209, USA
2024-Feb-12
Grounded Fishing Vessel Aleutian Storm; Bodega Bay, CA
Bodega Bay, CA
2024-Feb-10
Year | Incidents |
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2024 | 37 |
2023 | 158 |
2022 | 147 |
2021 | 173 |
2020 | 187 |
2019 | 181 |
2018 | 180 |
2017 | 197 |
2016 | 190 |
2015 | 154 |
2014 | 128 |
2013 | 92 |
2012 | 90 |
2011 | 48 |
2010 | 59 |
2009 | 178 |
2008 | 193 |
2007 | 131 |
2006 | 100 |
2005 | 89 |
2004 | 96 |
2003 | 105 |
2002 | 15 |
2001 | 65 |
2000 | 82 |
1999 | 84 |
1998 | 117 |
1997 | 83 |
1996 | 61 |
1995 | 42 |
1994 | 102 |
1993 | 60 |
1992 | 58 |
1991 | 80 |
1990 | 46 |
1989 | 94 |
1988 | 107 |
1987 | 102 |
1986 | 169 |
1985 | 146 |