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Oil Shale or Tar Sands
North AmericaEconomicPhysical EnvironmentLocations of major sedimentary rock formations and loose sands containing petroleum in North America
A map of North America highlighting oil shale or tar sands areas shaded in red. The region along the boundary of Utah in the northeast along with Wyoming is shaded. The northern region of Alberta is also shaded.
Oil Shale or Tar Sands | Lowest hazard | Low hazard | Moderately low hazard | Moderate hazard | Moderately high hazard | High hazard | Highest hazard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberta | 10.6% | |||||||
Alaska | 2.85% | 1.92% | 2.33% | 38.6% | 2.01% | 5.60% | 5.27% | |
Arizona | 6.30% | 79.1% | 4.42% | |||||
Utah | 17.2% | 12.7% | 56.8% | 6.12% | 1.39% | |||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||
Florida | 87.3% | 10.9% | ||||||
Idaho | 2.22% | 24.8% | 28.3% | 9.56% | ||||
New Hampshire | 39.4% | 60.3% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 93.7% | |||||||
Vermont | 81.9% | 18.1% | ||||||
Washington | 25.6% | 38.5% | 19.2% | 5.52% | 10.1% | |||
Wyoming | 9.99% | 5.20% | 20.2% | 63.6% | 8.78% | |||
Montana | 20.1% | 5.22% | 15.0% | 22.0% | 2.02% | |||
Maine | 63.3% | 7.54% | ||||||
North Dakota | 98.6% | 1.38% | ||||||
Kentucky | 7.69% | 64.8% | 10.2% | 7.55% | 1.03% | 3.57% | ||
Virginia | 1.50% | 39.8% | 49.9% | 5.34% | ||||
Delaware | 80.2% | 18.7% | ||||||
Mississippi | 46.6% | 33.2% | 16.6% | 3.37% | ||||
West Virginia | 66.8% | 33.2% | ||||||
Nebraska | 33.8% | 2.42% | 1.45% | |||||
Texas | 54.2% | 29.7% | 7.88% | |||||
Missouri | 8.53% | 41.8% | 23.6% | 11.8% | 7.42% | 1.26% | 5.55% | |
Louisiana | 6.85% | 90.8% | 1.03% | |||||
Hawaii | 7.50% | 6.67% | 9.71% | 4.93% | 52.2% | |||
North Carolina | 5.87% | 47.3% | 35.4% | 9.17% | 1.38% | |||
Oregon | 1.50% | 41.7% | 13.0% | 4.40% | 4.75% | |||
Alabama | 2.82% | 40.6% | 43.3% | 7.23% | ||||
New Mexico | 7.73% | 4.90% | 54.5% | 8.67% | ||||
Kansas | 42.9% | 9.98% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 95.7% | 4.01% | ||||||
British Columbia | 2.06% | |||||||
New Jersey | 17.9% | 69.2% | 10.9% | |||||
South Carolina | 22.6% | 58.4% | 8.92% | 2.25% | 7.66% | |||
Michigan | 74.0% | 24.1% | ||||||
Connecticut | 98.9% | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 85.9% | 14.1% | ||||||
Colorado | 5.33% | 26.1% | 34.0% | 32.6% | ||||
Nevada | 6.24% | 61.7% | 15.9% | 6.20% | 1.29% | |||
Massachusetts | 79.0% | 15.4% | ||||||
Georgia | 4.38% | 39.2% | 43.9% | 10.4% | 1.79% | |||
New York | 31.8% | 35.5% | 13.6% | 7.01% | ||||
Maryland | 87.1% | 10.7% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 43.3% | 42.2% | 13.7% | |||||
Tennessee | 28.9% | 15.6% | 11.5% | 1.92% | 8.15% | |||
California | 3.21% | 9.22% | 1.48% | 1.10% | 28.4% | |||
Arkansas | 17.3% | 39.7% | 21.2% | 1.93% | 2.11% | 7.50% | ||
South Dakota | 27.5% | 53.6% | 8.87% | |||||
Ohio | 85.3% | 2.10% | 1.52% | |||||
Indiana | 50.5% | 36.9% | 9.25% | 3.12% | ||||
Minnesota | 99.1% | |||||||
Iowa | 92.6% | 7.45% | ||||||
Illinois | 52.5% | 18.5% | 13.6% | 11.9% | 1.07% | 1.91% | ||
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