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Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Past Oil Spills in which OWCN has Participated

Past Spills in which OWCN has Participated

 

 

Name and Location Of Spills
(Collecting More Than 25 Birds)

Date of Spill

# Live Animals

ARCO Spring/Clark Pipeline, Huntington Beach

Oct 1996 - Nov 1996

35

Cape Mohican Spill, San Francisco Bay

Oct 1996 - Nov 1996

58

Ballona Creek Spill, Long Beach

Jan 1997 - Feb 1997

160

Torch/Platform Irene Oil Spill, Lompoc

Sep 1997 - Oct 1997

53

Monterey Mystery Spill, Santa Cruz

Oct 1997 -  Nov 1997

505

Kure Oil Spill, Eureka

Nov 1997

484

Pt. Reyes Mystery Spill #1, Pt. Reyes

Nov 1997 - Dec 1997

303

Carson Spill, Carson

Jan 1998

153

Pt. Reyes Mystery Spill #2, Pt. Reyes

Dec 1997 - Mar 1998

635

Command/South Traffic Lane, San Mateo Cty.

Sep 1998 - Nov 1998

76

Wintersburg Channel Spill, Huntington Beach

Dec 1998

50

Golden West Spill, Huntington Beach

Jan 1999 - Feb 1999

35

Calloway Canal Spill, Bakersfield

June 1999

25

Stuyvesant Oil Spill, Eureka

Sep 1999

644

Trona Spill, Trona

June & Sept 2000

29

Stockdale Oil Spill, Bakersfield

Oct 1999

155

San Mateo Mystery Spill, Pt. Reyes to Monterey

Nov 2001 - Mar 2002

686

Complete List of Spills in which OWCN has participated

Spill Name Spill Location Start Date of Spill

Back Bay Spill

Newport Beach

Nov-95

Evergreen

Newark

Mar-96

San Diego Yacht Club Spill

San Diego

Mar-96

Esco Rubber Co.

Brea

Apr-96

Big Kahuna Spill

San Diego

Aug-96

ARCO Spring Spill/Clark Pipeline

Huntington Beach

Oct-96

Cape Mohican Spill

San Francisco Bay

Oct-96

Ballona Creek Spill

Long Beach

Jan-97

Penitentia Creek Spill

Milpitas

Jul-97

Torch/Platform Irene Spill

Lompoc

Sep-97

Santa Cruz/Monterey Mystery Spill

Santa Cruz

Oct-97

Kure Humboldt Oil Spill

Eureka

Nov-97

Pt. Reyes Mystery Spill #1

Pt. Reyes

Nov-97

Pt. Reyes Mystery Spill #2

Pt. Reyes

Dec-97

El Estero Spill

Santa Barbara

Dec-97

Carson Spill

Carson

Jan-98

Santa Barbara/Summerland Mystery Spill

Toro Canyon

Feb-98

Via Con Dios

Pacifica

Jun-98

T/V Command South Traffic Lane Spill

San Mateo

Sep-98

Wintersburg Channel Spill/Bolsa Chica

Huntington Beach

Dec-98

El Segundo Refinery Spill

El Segundo

Dec-98

College Park Spill

Huntington Beach

Jan-99

Golden West Spill

Huntington Beach

Feb-99

Pemex/Rosarito Spill

Mexico

May-99

Calloway Canal Spill

Bakersfield

Jun-99

M/V Stuyvesant Humboldt Spill

Eureka

Sep-99

Stockdale Spill

Bakersfield

Oct-99

Ballona Creek Spill

Los Angeles

Oct-99

Platform Elly/Aera Energy

Huntington Beach

Nov-99

Malibu Mystery Spill

Malibu

Feb-00

Santa Paula Creek

Santa Paul

Feb-00

Hunter's Point Power Plant

San Francisco

Mar-00

Red Rock Spill

Richmond

May-00

Trona Spill

Trona

Jun-00

Tasco Spill

Los Angeles

Oct-00

Equilon Spill

Long Beach

Jan-01

Domiguez Channel Spill

Huntington Beach

Jan-01

Malibu Mystery Spill

Malibu

Feb-01

Port Hueneme Spill

 

Apr-01

Santa Barbara/Phillipa Spill

Santa Barbara

Sep-01

San Mateo Mystery Spill/Luckenbach

Pt. Reyes- Monterey

Nov-01

Santa Barbara Mystery Spill

Santa Barbara

Nov-01

Placentia Creek Spill

Placentia

Dec-01

Santa Barbara/Central Coast Mystery Spill

Santa Barbara

Jan-02

William Tank/Arroyo Creek

Livermore

Jun-02

Vegetable Oil Mystery Spill

San Francisco

Nov-02

Monterey Mystery Spill

Monterey

Nov-02

Dog Beach/Huntington Beach Mystery Spill

Huntington Beach

Jan-03

Ballona Creek/Univision

Los Angeles

Oct-03

Dreamland/Ventura

Ventura

Nov-03

Kinder Morgan Pipeline

Suisun Marsh

Apr-04

San Diego Mystery

San Diego

Oct-04

SS Palo Alto

Seacliff St. Beach

Sep-05

Ventura Oiled Bird Incident

Ventura

Jan-05

Oakland Estuary

Oakland

Feb-05

Pacific Pipelines/Pyramid Lake

Los Angeles

Mar-05

Westin Hotel Spill

Los Angeles

Aug-05

Vallejo Truck Spill

Solano

Jul-06

Eureka Mystery Spill

Eureka

Nov-06

Guadalupe River Spill

San Jose

Dec-06

Crescent City Mystery Response

Crescent City

Jan-07

Vulcan Durby Quarry Spill

Pasadena

Jan-07

Note: For more information on any individual spill, please see the OSPR Spill Information Significant Incident Report.