Oil Spills in U.S. Navigable Waters

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

 

 Number of Incidents
  Tankers Tank Barges Other Vessels Facilities Total
1982 279 547 1,383 5,275 7,484
1983 258 523 1,444 5,691 7,916
1984 238 499 1,530 5,991 8,258
1985 164 385 1,113 4,507 6,169
1986 196 516 900 3,381 4,993
1987 158 413 1,208 3,062 4,841
1988 222 486 1,300 2,990 4,998
1989 200 504 1,564 4,345 6,613
1990 249 458 1,779 5,692 8,178
1991 220 428 1,780 6,141 8,569
1992 193 322 4,795 4,181 9,491
1993 172 314 4,944 3,542 8,972
1994 174 385 4,736 4,145 9,440
1995 148 353 4,977 3,560 9,038
1996 122 313 5,151 3,749 9,335
1997 124 252 4,971 3,277 8,624
1998 104 220 4,848 3,143 8,315
1999 92 227 5,361 2,859 8,539
2000 111 229 5,220 2,794 8,354
2001 95 246 4,680 2,538 7,559
2002 55 126 1,635 2,681 4,497
2003 38 156 1,521 2,476 4,191
2004 35 243 1,527 2,193 3,998

 

  Quantity Spilled (000 gallons)
  Tankers Tank Barges Other Vessels Facilities Total
1982 1,220 2,147 412 6,566 10,345
1983 146 1,808 379 6,048 8,380
1984 4,664 2,484 1,863 8,994 18,006
1985 732 3,684 447 3,573 8,436
1986 1,165 1,510 161 1,446 4,282
1987 1,547 550 848 663 3,609
1988 852 3,164 370 2,200 6,586
1989 11,272 747 675 785 13,479
1990 4,977 1,042 418 1,528 7,965
1991 92 241 397 3,024 3,755
1992 118 149 398 1,210 1,876
1993 70 698 410 890 2,067
1994 69 877 331 18,236 19,513
1995 125 1,102 397 1,014 2,638
1996 219 1,163 298 1,437 3,117
1997 22 166 193 512 893
1998 57 248 316 264 885
1999 8 159 409 596 1,172
2000 608 134 292 398 1,432
2001 125 212 232 385 954
2002 5 30 212 392 639
2003 4 103 103 190 400
2004 637 216 454 111 1,418