"The most violent element in society is ignorance."
- Emma Goldman

Here we have gathered together many maps and graphs relating to surface mining in West Virginia.

Ohio Valley Enviornmental Coalition

Kayford Mountain January 4, 2006 - High Resolution Pictures

W.V. Coal Maps (pdfs)

• WV Surface Mine Permits (155kb)
• WV Coal Waste Impoundments (150kb)
• WV Streams Impaired by Acid Mine Drainage (165kb)
• WV Abandoned Mine Land Sites (151kb)
• Coal River Abandoned Mine Lands and Forfeited Mine Sites (145kb)
• Coal River Mountaintop Mining Target Areas (149kb)
• Coal River Basin Surface Mining Permits (152kb)
• Coal River Basin Valley Fill Permits (134kb)
• Coal River Basin Coal Waste Impoundments (142kb)

Appalachian Voices

• Valley Fill permits in Appalachia as of 2002
• MTR and Valley Fill Permit Boundaries

National Memorial For The Mountains

• Valley Fills based on LIDAR analysis
• Unemployment rates and Surface Mining
• Population Change and Surface Mining
• Per Capita Market Income and Surface Mining
• High School Completion Rates and Surface Mining
• Poverty Rates and Surface Mining
• Major River Systems With Headwaters in the Mountaintop Removal Region
• Map of more than 450 Appalachian Mountains Destroyed by Mountaintop Removal

West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

West Virginia Coalfields of the southern counties, including:

• Boone County
• Braxton County
• Clay County
• Fayette County
• Kanawha County
• Logan County
• McDowell County
• Mingo County
• Nicholas County
• Raleigh County
• Webster County
• Wyoming County