Climate
| Geology and Mining
Maps and GIS Data
| Watersheds
| Miscellaneous Resources
- Climates
of the States. This book contains narrative descriptions
of climatic regions and average data for many PA locations.
(See the CAT
record to locate this book.)
- Comparative
Climatic Data for the U.S. This book contains snowfall,
windspeed, and other averages for 6 PA locations. (See
the CAT
record to locate this book.)
- Pennsylvania
State Climatologist
- Penn
State University Campus Weather Service
- Weather
for State College, PA
- NWS
Office, Eastern Region
- NWS
Office, State College, PA
- NWS
Office, Philadelphia, PA
- NWS
Office, Pittsburgh, PA
- Historical
PA Precipitation Data
- Northeast
Regional Climate Center
- Philadelphia
Weather Data
- Climatological
Data Pennsylvania
- daily weather statistics for PA. Pre-1997 data is availabe in
the print edition. (See the CAT record for this title)
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- Pennsylvania Geological Survey
- Atlas of Preliminary Geologic Quadrangle Maps of Pennsylvania
- Geological Hand Atlas of the Sixty-Seven Counties of Pennsylvania
- Miscellaneous Geologic Maps of Pennsyvlania
- Operation
Scarlift Reports - Reports on the remediation of areas impacted by historic mining practices.
- Pennsylvania Mine Maps
- Abandoned Mine Reclamation Clearinghouse (AMRC) - The AMRC provides information about remediation of old mining sites.
- Quecreek report - 2003 report by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
- Devonian Times - Red Hill, Clinton County
- Pennsylvania Bluestone - This informational page is provided by Susquehanna County
- Penn State and Local Geology - This page has links to information about local geologic features near the University Park campus.
- Annual Reports on Mining Activities - Published since the 1870's this report contains production statistics, mine names, locations, owner information, and accident statistics. For print editions of these reports, see catalog record:
| Year |
Title |
Call Number |
| 1870's-1930's |
Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania |
HD9547.P4A33 |
| 1931-1968 |
Annual Report. PA Anthracite Division
|
HD9547.P4A34 |
| 1931-1955 |
Annual Report. PA Bituminous Coal Division |
HD9547.P4A35 |
| 1969-1978 |
Annual report on mining, oil and gas, and land reclamation and conservation activities |
HD9547.P4A36 |
| 1979-present |
Annual Report on Mining Activities |
HD9547.P4A3601
|
The annual reports generally summarize accident data which appears in more detail elsewhere. From the 1800s-1914, more detailed accident data are available in the Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Part III, Industrial Statistics. Details include, date of accident, name, age, nationality, occupation, marital status, number of children,name of the mine, location of the mine, nature of the accident, and cause of the accident.
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