Intro to GIS: Group 3 Natural Resources Map Gallery
ArcGIS Case Study
Assessing the Success of Surface Coal Mining Reclamation at Kayenta Coal Mine, Arizona
My map and summary of a GIS case study address Peabody Western Coal Company's Kayenta Coal Mine in Arizona. All surface coal mines in the United States are mandated by federal law to reclaim the mined land as coal extraction is completed. Ayers Associates engineering firm, contracted by PWCC, has created an automated ArcGIS/ArcObjects-based user interface which greatly improves the speed and efficiency at which erosion and sedimentation stability modeling is done as part of the reclamation process.
The map I included in our group Map Gallery show the Four Corners region of Arizona. The Kayenta mine is indicated by the pin symbol, and its features can be seen in the imagery of the base map.
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