Buffalo Creek Flood (Q851523)

1972 dam failure in West Virginia, United States

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English	Buffalo Creek Flood	1972 dam failure in West Virginia, United States

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instance of

flood

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tailings dam failure

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image

Statue of Chief Logan the Orator (Logan, West Virginia).jpg
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country

United States of America

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coordinate location

37°47'48.8"N, 81°38'45.3"W

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point in time

26 February 1972

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number of deaths

125

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reference URL

http://www.wise-uranium.org/mdaf.html

described at URL

https://www.msha.gov/news-media/events/2016/02/25/slurry-spill-suffering-buffalo-creek-flood

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retrieved

10 February 2019

Identifiers

e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID

697

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Buffalo Creek Flood (Q851523)

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