Spills · oil

A trawler is aground at West Island in the San Joaquin River, Antioch, California, on September 28, 2026, with 20 gallons of diesel aboard; no discharge is reported.

26C4+CH Antioch, CA, USA · NOAAORR-11226

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates
NOAA IncidentNews — spill and casualty responses since 1957 · NOAA OR&R. Issued 2026-09-26 00:00Z. First collected 2026-09-29 04:50Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 04:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
26C4+CH Antioch, CA, USA. The parsed report position is 38.021, -121.794. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued
2026-09-26 00:00Z
status
Listed in force
self-cancels
2026-10-10 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
issued by
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
38.021, -121.794
nearest port
Stockton · 23 nm
source
NOAA IncidentNews — spill and casualty responses since 1957 · first seen 2026-09-29 04:50Z

Original warning text

Vessel Aground at West Island; Antioch, California.
26C4+CH Antioch, CA, USA.
1. On September 28, 2026, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) notified the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) regarding a trawler that had run aground (when a rope was caught in the propeller) on West Island in the San Joaquin River. The vessel has a fuel capacity of 1,000 gallons of diesel but the pilot reported that only 20 gallons were on board. No sheening or discharge has been reported. Salvage options are being explored. USCG Sector San Francisco Bay deployed.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 38.021N 121.794W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11226: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11226

Conditions at the position · now

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Collected reports in this area · spills & pollution incidents

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

7 spills & pollution incidents listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 09:22Z; source collection times vary.

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