Mcgrath lake, ventura, california

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McGrath Lake Spill; McGrath Lake, Ventura, California.
McGrath Lake, Ventura, California.
1. On the morning of December 25, 1993, a failure of a pipeline belonging to Berry Petroleum was reported. The failure occurred below the ground near a pipe junction on the east side of Harbor Boulevard just south of Ventura, California. Approximately 2,000 barrels of a heavy crude produced from a local field, percolated through the ground to the west and underneath the road. The oil surfaced 50 yards west of Harbor Boulevard and entered a creek, traveled along this creek approximately 150 yards to the south where it entered McGrath Lake. McGrath is a freshwater lake (approximately 800 by 100 yards) situated amongst medium-coarse grained sand dunes and is located 100 to 200 yards inshore of the intertidal zone. The lake serves as a drainage basin for the surrounding agricultural fields and has no natural communication with the ocean. To control the lake level, water is routinely pumped out [...]
2. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL (API 16-17). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 84000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 34.220N 119.253W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6976: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6976