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Site | State or province, country | Energetics detected | Comments | Ref. |
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Cold Lake Air Weapons Range | Alberta, Canada | TNT: 0.12–778 mg/kg; 31.8 mg/kg (mean) | Soil near low-order 2000 lb bomb crater. | [18] |
Delta Tower | Alberta, Canada | NG: 227 mg/kg (max.) | Soil. | [18] |
Old antitank range | Alberta, Canada | NG: 256 mg/kg (mean); 950 mg/kg (max.) | Soil, impact range. | [18] |
Area 8 firing point | Alberta, Canada | NG: 1500 mg/kg | Soil, 10 m behind active firing point. | [18] |
Demolition range | Alberta, Canada | RDX: 11.4 mg/kg (mean) HMX: 1.8 mg/kg (mean) | Soil. | [18] |
CFB Gagetown Training Area | New Brunswick, Canada | 2,4-DNT: 491 mg/kg NG: trace | Soil, burn pads. | [18] |
Antitank range | New Brunswick, Canada | TNT: 4 mg/kg RDX: <1 mg/kg HMX: 680 mg/kg | Soil, impact area of antitank range. | [3] |
Antitank range | New Brunswick, Canada | NG: 4700 mg/kg (in front) 2320 mg/kg (behind) | Soil in front of firing line at antitank range. Soil behind firing line at antitank range. | [3] |
| New Brunswick, Canada | NG: 6560 mg/kg | Soil 2 m behind firing line at antitank range. | [65] |
Crater | New Brunswick, Canada | TNT: 42,200 mg/kg | Soil within a crater from a low-order 500 lb bomb. | [66] |
Crater, bomb drop | New Brunswick, Canada | TNT: 3720 mg/kg | Soil 2 m from crater. | [3] |
CFB Petawawa | Ontario, Canada | TNT: 73 mg/kg RDX: 0.32 mg/kg HMX: 745 mg/kg NG: 145 mg/kg (max.) 2,4-DNT: 53 mg/kg (max.) | Soil at antitank range. | [3] |
| Ontario, Canada | NG: 2240 mg/kg (max.) | Soil at antitank range. | [18] |
CFB Petawawa, Hotel Tower | Ontario, Canada | RDX: 2.4 mg/kg (mean) HMX: 47 mg/kg (mean) NG: 44 mg/kg (mean) 2,6-DNT: 5.1 mg/kg (mean) | Soil at firing point. | [18] |
CFB Valcartier | Quebec, Canada | TNT: 24 mg/kg RDX: 4.6 mg/kg HMX: 803 mg/kg | Soil at antitank range. | [18] |
WATC Wainwright | British Columbia, Canada | TNT: 126 mg/kg RDX: 5.3 mg/kg HMX: 987 mg/kg
| Soil. | [3] |
WATC Wainwright | British Columbia, Canada | TNT: 14 mg/kg (max.) RDX: 13.4 mg/kg (max.) HMX: 0.6 mg/kg (max.) NG: 2.7 mg/kg (max.) | Soil at demolition range #14. | [18] |
| British Columbia, Canada | HMX: 3,700 mg/kg (max.). | Soil. | [67] |
Small arms firing range | British Columbia, Canada | NG: <1–52 mg/kg | Soil. | [18] |
Antitank targets | British Columbia, Canada | TNT: 390 mg/kg (max.) | Soil. |
[18] |
HMX: 1616 mg/kg (max.) |
NG: 4,453 mg/kg (max.) |
Donnelly Training Area | AK | TNT: 314 mg/kg RDX: 1.4 mg/kg | Soil, Delta Creek Impact Area. | [68] |
Fort Greely | AK | HMX: 0.11 mg/kg TNT: 0.06 mg/kg RDX: 0.9 mg/kg HMX: 0.22 mg/kg | Soil beneath 81 mm projectile, low-order detonation. | [68] |
| AK | TNT: 130 mg/kg RDX: 340 mg/kg HMX: 40 mg/kg | Soil beneath 2.75 inch rocket, low-order detonation. | [68] |
| AK | NG: <0.01 mg/kg 2,4-DNT: 4.3 mg/kg | Soil at artillery firing point. | [3] |
Redstone Arsenal | AL | Perchlorate, 160 mg/L | Groundwater. | [69] |
Redstone Army Garrison/Marshall Space Flight Center | AL | RDX 1.2 g/L | Groundwater. Still active, leased to NASA. | [70] |
Edwards Air Force Base | CA | Perchlorate, 160 mg/L | Groundwater. | [69] |
Fort Ord | CA | RDX: 0.5 mg/kg HMX: 587 mg/kg 2,6-DNT: 0.9 mg/kg | Soil. | [71] |
Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake | CA | Perchlorate: 560 ug/L | Groundwater. | [69] |
Fort Carson | CO | NG: 9.5–13.6 mg/kg 2,4-DNT: 0.06-0.27 mg/kg
| Soil. | [72] |
Elgin Air Force Base | FL | RDX: 8.84 mg/kg HMX: 0.54 mg/kg | Soil at demolition range. | [4] |
Pohakuloa | HI | TNT: 9.2 mg/kg RDX: 45.6 mg/kg HMX: 7.1 mg/kg NG: 1.2 mg/kg | Soil at demolition range. | [3] |
Schofield Barracks | HI | TNT: 36 mg/kg RDX: 51 mg/kg HMX: 9.1 mg/kg | Soil at hand grenade range. | [3] |
| HI | NG: 1400 mg/kg | Soil at artillery range, 0–10 m behind firing point. | [2, 73] |
Fort Polk | LA | TNT: 1.2 mg/kg RDX: 16 mg/kg HMX: 15 mg/kg | Soil. | [74] |
Camp Edwards, MMR | MA | TNT: <1–15 mg/kg; 1.6 mg/kg (mean) NG: <1–150 mg/kg; 28.6 mg/kg (mean) Perchlorate: <1–351 mg/kg; 9.6 mg/kg (mean) | Soil. | [18] |
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head | MD | Perchlorate, 1,000 ug/L | Surface water. | [69] |
Weldon Spring Ordnance Works | MO | TNT: 63,621 mg/kg 2,4-DNT: 160 mg/kg 2,6-DNT: 8.1 mg/kg | Soil at two sites. Includes 16 former TNT and DNT production lines. One dump, six burning grounds, three wastewater lagoons. | [75, 76] |
Fort Bliss | NM | NG: 0–0.97 mg/kg | Soil. | [77] |
| NM | TNT: 0.69 mg/kg RDX: 2.1 mg/kg HMX: 3.1 mg/kg | Soil 2 m from target. | [18] |
| NM | TNT: 2520 mg/kg | Soil beneath low-order 155 mm round. | [78] |
| NM | TNT: 1110 mg/kg RDX: 678 mg/kg HMX: 149 mg/kg | Soil beneath a 90 mm round. | [78] |
Holloman Air Force Base | NM | TNT: 60 mg/kg | Soil within low-order bomb crater. | [3] |
| NM | RDX: 11.4 mg/kg HMX: 1.84 mg/kg
| Soil at demolition range. | [3] |
Holloman Air Force Base | NM | Perchlorate 16 mg/L | Surface water. | [69] |
White Sands Missile Range | NM | Perchlorate 21 mg/L | Groundwater. | [69] |
US Army Umatilla Depot, Hermiston, Umatilla County | OR | TNT: 1.6 mg/L (mean) RDX: 1.0 mg/L (mean) HMX: 0.4 mg/L (mean) 2,4-DNT: 0.3 mg/L (mean) | Groundwater at explosives washout lagoons. | [79, 80] |
Fort Hood | TX | TNT: 143,000 mg/kg RDX: 323 mg/kg HMX: 59 mg/kg | Soil beneath low-order 4.2 in mortar. | [72] |
| TX | TNT: 70.2 mg/kg RDX: 414 mg/kg HMX: 48 mg/kg | Soil at firing range. | [18] |
Tooele Army Depot (North Area) | UT | TNT: 32,000 mg/kg RDX: 1600 mg/kg | Surface soil at/near washout ponds. | [81] |
Nansemond Ordnance Depot | VA | TNT: 140,000 mg/kg (1987) TNB: 25.2 mg/kg 2-A-4,6-DNT: 47,000 mg/kg (1987) | Soil at TNT burial site. Facility involved in processing, shipping, receiving, and decommissioning of ordnance items from 1917 to 1960. | [82] |
Bangor Naval Submarine Base | WA | TNT: 1,500 mg/kg 2,4-DNT: 3.6 mg/kg 2,6-DNT: 0.41 mg/kg | Soil. | [83] |
Fort Lewis | WA | TNT: 15,100 mg/kg RDX <10 mg/kg HMX <10 mg/kg | Soil beneath a low-order 155 mm round. | [84] |
| WA | NG: 632 mg/kg (mean) | Soil 5 to 15 m behind rocket firing area. | [2] |
Yakima Training Center | WA | RDX: 54 mg/kg HMX: 5.2 mg/kg
| Soil near a low-order 155 mm round. | [78] |
| WA | NG: 4.6 mg/kg 2,4-DNT: 24 mg/kg 2,6-DNT: 0.4 mg/kg | Soil at artillery firing point. | [3] |
Former Dupont Cladding Site at Cabin Lake (aka Dupont Barksdale Explosives Plant) | WI | TNT 0.016 mg/kg 2,4-DNT 0.11 mg/kg 2-A-4,6-DNT 0.19 mg/kg | Soil. Facility manufactured explosives at the Barksdale plant from 1905 to 1971. | [85] |
Camp Guernsey | WY | TNT: 9440 mg/kg RDX: <10 mg/kg HMX: <10 mg/kg | Soil beneath a ruptured 500 lb bomb. | [78] |
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