The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) State Cooperatives project supports a publicly available database of coal knowledge that encompasses the entire United States. State-level partnering for coal resource assessment and fundamental research of energy-bearing strata improves the ability of Federal, State and local planners to make optimum policy decisions in the areas of energy development, energy utilization, and land use.
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) Database Query
Query, browse, and download descriptive stratigraphic data associated with numerous locations throughout the United States.
World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer
World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer
Coal Point-source and Chemical Data (COALQUAL)
Data containing geodetic location, field observations, sample analyses, bed thickness; lithology; depth of burial, moisture, ash, and sulfur content, heat value, and major-, minor-trace-element contents.
NCRDS USTRAT Spatial Viewer
This viewer allows users to see the location and underlying data associated with NCRDS USTRAT data points. The NCRDS Spatial Viewer was expanded to display data from the USCHEM and USCOAL databases in FY2011.
Below are FAQ associated with this project.
What is the biggest coal deposit in the United States?
The biggest coal deposit by volume is the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, which the USGS estimated to have 1.07 trillion short tons of in-place coal resources, 162 billion short tons of recoverable coal resources, and 25 billion short tons of economic coal resources (also called reserves) in 2013. The coal in the Powder River Basin is subbituminous in rank. Large coal deposits can also...
- Overview
The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) State Cooperatives project supports a publicly available database of coal knowledge that encompasses the entire United States. State-level partnering for coal resource assessment and fundamental research of energy-bearing strata improves the ability of Federal, State and local planners to make optimum policy decisions in the areas of energy development, energy utilization, and land use.
- Multimedia
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
- Web Tools
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) Database Query
Query, browse, and download descriptive stratigraphic data associated with numerous locations throughout the United States.
World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer
World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer
Coal Point-source and Chemical Data (COALQUAL)
Data containing geodetic location, field observations, sample analyses, bed thickness; lithology; depth of burial, moisture, ash, and sulfur content, heat value, and major-, minor-trace-element contents.
NCRDS USTRAT Spatial Viewer
This viewer allows users to see the location and underlying data associated with NCRDS USTRAT data points. The NCRDS Spatial Viewer was expanded to display data from the USCHEM and USCOAL databases in FY2011.
- FAQ
Below are FAQ associated with this project.
What is the biggest coal deposit in the United States?
The biggest coal deposit by volume is the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, which the USGS estimated to have 1.07 trillion short tons of in-place coal resources, 162 billion short tons of recoverable coal resources, and 25 billion short tons of economic coal resources (also called reserves) in 2013. The coal in the Powder River Basin is subbituminous in rank. Large coal deposits can also...