Using the Fallout Sample Archive Search Form

The Fallout Sample Archive Database Search Form, located in the upper frame, is used to search the Fallout database for samples currently archived at EML. All of the Search Form selection options are linked to this instructional frame. Please select your search criteria and submit the Form. After submitting the Form, your search will be executed and the search results will appear in this frame, replacing these instructions.

Please be patient and only click submit *once*.

You can move the window separator up or down to show the results better or execute another search from the Form.

The time taken to execute your query depends on the number of records returned. If you do not set limits on the records sought above, your query will return approximately 1700 records. Limiting your query to one site or to a range of dates is highly recommended. More limited queries should be much faster, and very specifc queries should execute almost instantly. You can also reduce this delay by selecting fewer records to be displayed at one time. Once you click the submit button, there will be a pause while the query is executed on our database; then the data will begin downloading. Depending upon your web browser, you may or may not receive a visual indication of activity after clicking the submit button but the query *is* working.

Please be patient and only click submit *once*.

Selecting sites: There are over 100 different sites where fallout samples have been collected under EML's Fallout analysis program. You can choose to search across every site or on just one of them. Select your site from the pull-down menu. The table listed below presents the Site Name, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and current operational status (COS) of the sites. The current operational status indicates Y if the site is currently operational or N if the site is no longer in operation.

Here is a table of the locations of the various sites:

COS	Site Name	Collector Type	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)
Y	Antarctica: Halley Bay	Funnel and Bottle	75°40' S	25° 30' W	10
Y	Argentina: Buenos Aires	Ion-Exchange Column	34°37' S	58° 26' W	20
N	Argentina: Formosa (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	26°11' S	58° 10' W	58
N	Argentina: Malargue (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	35°29' S	69° 35' W	1441
N	Australia: Adelaide (data only)	Steel pot	34°56' S	138° 35' E	43
N	Australia: Adelaide (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	34°56' S	138° 35' E	43
N	Australia: Brisbane (data only)	Steel pot	27°28' S	153° 02' E	42
N	Australia: Brisbane (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	27°28' S	153° 02' E	42
N	Australia: Darwin (data only)	Steel pot	12°28' S	130° 51' E	30
N	Australia: Darwin (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	12°28' S	130° 51' E	30
N	Australia: Hobart	Steel pot	42°53' S	147° 20' E	54
N	Australia: Hobart	Ion-Exchange Column	42°53' S	147° 20' E	54
N	Australia: Melbourne (data only)	Steel pot	37°49' S	144° 58' E	47
N	Australia: Melbourne (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	37°49' S	144° 58' E	47
N	Australia: Perth (data only)	Steel pot	31°57' S	115° 51' E	64
N	Australia: Perth (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	31°57' S	115° 51' E	64
N	Australia: Sydney (data only)	Steel pot	33°52' S	151° 12' E	42
N	Australia: Sydney (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	33°52' S	151° 12' E	42
N	Australia: Townsville (data only)	Steel pot	19°18' S	146° 48' E	4
N	Australia: Townsville (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	19°18' S	146° 48' E	4
N	Austria: Klagenfurt	Steel pot	46°39' N	14° 20' E	448
Y	Austria: Klagenfurt	Ion-Exchange Column	46°39' N	14° 20' E	448
N	Austria: Vienna	Steel pot	48°15' N	16° 22' E	203
N	Austria: Vienna	Ion-Exchange Column	48°15' N	16° 22' E	203
Y	Azores: Lajes Field	Ion-Exchange Column	38°44' N	27° 04' W	112
N	Bahamas: Bimini (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	25°40' N	79° 15' W	0
Y	Bolivia: Chacaltaya	Ion-Exchange Column	16°21' S	68° 08' W	5222
N	Bolivia: La Paz (City) (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	16°30' S	68° 07' W	3508
N	Bolivia: La Paz (Ovejuyo) (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	16°32' S	68° 04' W	3421
N	Brazil: Belem	Ion-Exchange Column	1°27' S	48° 29' W	8
N	Brazil: Brasilia (data only)	Steel pot	15°52' S	47° 56' W	1052
N	Brazil: Itaici Sao Paulo (data only)	Steel pot	23°06' S	47° 11' W	668
N	Brazil: Manaus (data only)	Steel pot	3°02' S	60° 01' W	29
N	Brazil: Nova Friburgo (data only)	Steel pot	22°17' S	42° 32' W	854
N	Brazil: Recife (data only)	Steel pot	8°02' S	34° 58' W	3
Y	Brazil: Rio de Janeiro	Steel pot	22°54' S	43° 13' W	9
N	Brazil: Rio de Janeiro	Ion-Exchange Column	22°54' S	43° 13' W	9
N	Brazil: S. Jose dos Campos (data only)	Steel pot	23°14' S	45° 51' W	643
N	Brazil: Sao Leopoldo (data only)	Steel pot	29°45' S	51° 11' W	35
N	Brazil: Trindade Island (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	20°31' S	29° 20' W	92
Y	Canada: Moosonee	Ion-Exchange Column	51°16' N	80° 89' W	10
N	Canada: Newfoundland (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	48°32' N	58° 34' W	26
N	Canada: Newfoundland (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	53°19' N	60° 25' W	54
N	Ceylon: Colombo (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	6°55' N	79° 52' E	15
Y	Chile: Antarctica: Isla Dec	Ion-Exchange Column	62°56' S	60° 36' W	16
N	Chile: Antofagasta	Ion-Exchange Column	23°37' S	70° 16' W	35
N	Chile: Concepcion (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	36°50' S	73° 02' W	10
N	Chile: Cristo Redentor (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°50' S	70° 07' W	3830
N	Chile: Isla Rob. Crusoe (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	33°37' S	78° 52' W	6
N	Chile: Linares (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	35°51' S	71° 36' W	157
N	Chile: Portillo (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°25' S	70° 08' W	2850
N	Chile: Puerto Montt	Ion-Exchange Column	41°26' S	73° 07' W	110
Y	Chile: Punta Arenas	Ion-Exchange Column	53°00' S	70° 50' W	74
Y	Chile: Santiago	Steel pot	33°29' S	70° 40' W	522
Y	Chile: Santiago	Ion-Exchange Column	33°27' S	70° 42' W	520
N	Chile: Temuco (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	38°46' S	72° 35' W	113
Y	Chile:Easter Island	Ion-Exchange Column	27°10' S	109° 26' W	41
Y	China: Hong Kong	Ion-Exchange Column	22°18' N	114° 12' E	8
Y	China: Hong Kong	Funnel and Bottle	22°30' N	114° 0' E
N	Columbia: Bogota (data only)	Steel pot	4°38' N	74° 05' W	2632
N	Congo: Bunia	Ion-Exchange Column	1°32' N	30° 13' E	1225
N	Congo: Kinshasa	Ion-Exchange Column	4°18' S	15° 18' E	319
N	Congo: Kinshasa	Ion-Exchange Column	4°20' S	15° 18' E	305
N	Congo: Lubumbashi (formerly Karavia)	Ion-Exchange Column	11°38' S	27° 26' E	1276
N	Costa Rica: Turrialba (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	9°53' N	83° 39' W	606
Y	Cyprus: Akrotiri	Funnel and Bottle	34°40' N	32° 54' E
Y	Ecuador: Guayaquil	Ion-Exchange Column	2°10' S	79° 52' W	7
N	Ecuador: Quito (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	0°14' S	78° 30' W	2837
N	Ethiopia: Addis Ababa (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	9°03' N	38° 42' E	3004
N	Fiji: Suva	Ion-Exchange Column	18°09' S	178° 25' E	11
N	Germany: Munich	Ion-Exchange Column	48°08' N	11° 35' E	1000
N	Germany: Rhein Main AFB (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	50°02' N	8° 34' E	112
N	Greenland: Thule (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	76°35' N	68° 38' W	290
Y	Iceland: Keflavik	Ion-Exchange Column	63°58' N	22° 36' W	56
N	Iran: Tehran (data only)	Steel pot	35°44' N	51° 23' E	1362
N	Italy: Florence (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	43°47' N	11° 15' E	50
N	Italy: Milan (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	45°28' N	9° 12' E	122
N	Japan: Chichi Jima (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	27°00' N	143° 00' E
N	Japan: Hiroshima	Steel pot	34°23' N	132° 27' E	23
N	Japan: Iwo Jima (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	24°47' N	141° 19' E	113
N	Japan: Misawa (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	40°42' N	141° 22' E	36
N	Japan: Nagasaki	Steel pot	32°45' N	129° 52' E	61
N	Japan: Tachikawa (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	35°42' N	139° 24' E	98
N	Kenya: Kikuyu	Steel pot	1°13' S	36° 38' E	2074
N	Kenya: Nairobi (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	1°17' S	36° 49' E	1663
N	Lebanon: Beirut (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	33°54' N	35° 28' E	38
N	Liberia: Monrovia (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	6°20' N	10° 46' W
N	Libya: Ben Gashir Tripoli (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°54' N	13° 11' E	9
N	Libya: Cyrene (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°49' N	21° 51' E	621
N	Libya: Wheelus AB (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°54' N	13° 17' E	14
Y	Malaysia: Singapore	Funnel and Bottle	1°30' N	104° 0' E
N	Malaysia: Singapore (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	1°20' N	103° 50' E	8
Y	Marshall Islands: Majuro Island	Ion-Exchange Column	7°05' N	171° 23' E	3
N	Mexico: Mexico City (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	19°26' N	99° 03' W	2239
Y	Micronesia: Chuuk Island (formerly Truk)	Ion-Exchange Column	7°28' N	151° 51' E	2
N	Micronesia: Pohnpei Island (formerly Ponape)	Ion-Exchange Column	6°58' N	158° 13' E	38
N	Micronesia: Yap Island	Ion-Exchange Column	9°31' N	138° 08' E	18
N	Morocco: Rabat (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	34°02' N	6° 51' W
N	Morocco: Sidi Sli AFB (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°51' N	8° 32' W
Y	New Zealand: Wellington	Ion-Exchange Column	41°17' S	174° 46' E	34
N	Nigeria: Lagos (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	6°26' N	3° 24' E	1
N	Norway: Oslo (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	59°56' N	10° 45' E	12
Y	Norway: Tromso	Funnel and Bottle	69°50' N	19° 0' E
N	Pakistan: Karachi (data only)	Steel pot	24°51' N	67° 02' E	15
N	Pakistan: Karachi (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	24°51' N	67° 02' E	15
N	Pakistan: Lahore (data only)	Steel pot	31°39' N	74° 22' E	214
N	Pakistan: Lahore (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	31°39' N	74° 22' E	214
N	Pakistan: Rawalpindi (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	33°40' N	73° 08' E
Y	Palau: Koror Island	Ion-Exchange Column	7°21' N	134° 31' E	31
N	Panama Canal Zone	Ion-Exchange Column	8°55' N	79° 36' W	10
Y	Peru: Lima	Ion-Exchange Column	12°06' S	77° 03' W	153
Y	Peru: Lima	Ion-Exchange Column	12°01' S	77° 07' W	30
N	Phillippines: Cebu City (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	10°20' N	123° 54' E	34
N	Phillippines: Clark AB	Ion-Exchange Column	15°11' N	120° 33' E	10
N	Phillippines: Quezon City (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	14°40' N	121° 05' E	70
N	Portugal: Sacavern (data only)	Steel pot	38°47' N	9° 06' W	50
N	Saudi Arabia: Dhahran (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	26°18' N	50° 05' E
N	Scotland: Prestwick (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	55°30' N	4° 37' W	9
N	South Africa: Durban	Steel pot	29°52' S	30° 59' E	156
Y	South Africa: Pretoria	Steel pot	25°45' S	28° 14' E	1369
N	South Korea: Mokpo (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	34°50' N	126° 25' E
Y	South Korea: Seoul	Ion-Exchange Column	37°30' N	127° 00' E
N	Syria: Damascus (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	33°29' N	36° 14' E	734
N	Syria: Kamishly (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	37°03' N	41° 13' E	452
N	Taiwan: Tainan (data only)	Steel pot	23°01' N	120° 14' E
Y	Taiwan: Taipei	Steel pot	25°05' N	121° 32' E
N	Taiwan: Taitung (data only)	Steel pot	22°45' N	121° 10' E
Y	Thailand: Bangkok	Steel pot	13°44' N	100° 30' E	23
N	Thailand: Bangkok	Ion-Exchange Column	13°44' N	100° 30' E	23
N	UAR: Alexandria	Ion-Exchange Column	31°13' N	29° 55' E	8
N	UAR: Cairo (Inshas) (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	30°23' N	31° 23' E
Y	United Kingdom: Gibraltar	Funnel and Bottle	36°0' N	5° 30' E
N	USA: Alabama: Birmingham	Steel pot	33°30' N	86° 55' W	183
N	USA: Alaska: Anchorage	Ion-Exchange Column	61°10' N	149° 59' W	27
N	USA: Alaska: Barrow (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	71°16' N	156° 50' W	4
Y	USA: Alaska: Cold Bay	Ion-Exchange Column	55°12' N	162° 43' W	31
Y	USA: Alaska: Fairbanks	Ion-Exchange Column	64°49' N	147° 52' W	143
N	USA: Alaska: Juneau (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	58°22' N	134° 35' W	5
Y	USA: Alaska: Nome	Ion-Exchange Column	64°30' N	165° 30' W	7
N	USA: American Samoa: Tutuila (Pago Pago)	Plastic bucket	14°15' S	170° 43' W	77
Y	USA: American Samoa: Tutuila (Pago Pago)	Ion-Exchange Column	14°16' S	170° 43' W	0
Y	USA: Bermuda: Kindley AFB	Ion-Exchange Column	32°22' N	64° 31' W	8
N	USA: California: Palo Alto (data only)	Steel pot	37°30' N	122° 15' W	6
N	USA: California: Palo Alto (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	37°30' N	122° 15' W	6
N	USA: California: Richmond (data only)	Steel pot	37°56' N	122° 20' W	20
N	USA: California: Richmond (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	37°56' N	122° 20' W	20
N	USA: California: San Francisco	Ion-Exchange Column	37°37' N	122° 23' W	30
N	USA: California: W Los Angeles	Steel pot	34°04' N	118° 27' W	125
N	USA: Canton Island (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	2°46' S	171° 43' W	2
Y	USA: Colorado: Denver	Ion-Exchange Column	39°46' N	104° 53' W	1611
N	USA: Eniwetok Atoll (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	11°21' N	162° 21' E	4
N	USA: Florida: Coral Gables (data only)	Steel pot	25°44' N	80° 17' W	3
Y	USA: Florida: Miami	Ion-Exchange Column	25°49' N	80° 17' W	4
N	USA: Guam: Anderson AFB	Ion-Exchange Column	13°35' N	144° 55' E	185
N	USA: Hawaii: Hilo (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	19°43' N	155° 04' W	11
N	USA: Hawaii: Honolulu (data only)	Steel pot	21°19' N	157° 50' W	24
N	USA: Hawaii: Lihue	Ion-Exchange Column	21°59' N	159° 21' W	35
N	USA: Hawaii: Mauna Loa	Plastic bucket	19°28' N	155° 31' W	3401
Y	USA: Hawaii: Mauna Loa	Ion-Exchange Column	19°32' N	155° 35' W	3401
N	USA: Illinois: Argonne	Steel pot	41°42' N	87° 59' W	228
N	USA: Illinois: Argonne	Plastic bucket	41°42' N	87° 59' W	228
N	USA: Johnston Island	Ion-Exchange Column	16°45' N	169° 32' W	0
N	USA: Kentucky: Louisville (data only)	Steel pot	38°13' N	85° 48' W	137
N	USA: Kentucky: Louisville (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	38°13' N	85° 48' W	137
N	USA: Louisiana: New Orleans	Ion-Exchange Column	30°00' N	90° 03' W	1
N	USA: Maryland: Silver Hill (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	39°00' N	77° 01' W
N	USA: Massachusetts: Woods Hole (data only)	Steel pot	41°33' N	70° 40' W	11
N	USA: Minnesota: Intl Falls	Ion-Exchange Column	48°34' N	93° 26' W	360
N	USA: Missouri: Columbia	Ion-Exchange Column	38°58' N	92° 20' W	237
N	USA: Montana: Helena	Ion-Exchange Column	46°36' N	112° 00' W	1187
Y	USA: New Jersey: Chester	Plastic bucket	40°48' N	74° 40' W	268
N	USA: New Jersey: Westwood (data only)	Steel pot	41°00' N	74° 02' W	38
N	USA: New Jersey: Westwood (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	41°00' N	74° 02' W	38
Y	USA: New Mexico: Santa Teresa	Ion-Exchange Column	31°52' N	106° 42' W
N	USA: New York: New York	Steel pot	40°40' N	73° 50' W	17
N	USA: New York: New York	Plastic bucket	40°44' N	74° 00' W	56
Y	USA: New York: New York	Ion-Exchange Column	40°44' N	74° 0' W	56
Y	USA: North Dakota: Williston	Ion-Exchange Column	48°10' N	103° 38' W	5
N	USA: Ohio: Wooster	Steel pot	40°47' N	81° 50' W	367
N	USA: Ohio: Wooster	Ion-Exchange Column	40°47' N	81° 50' W	367
N	USA: Oklahoma: Midwest City (data only)	Steel pot	35°25' N	97° 30' W	364
N	USA: Oklahoma: Tulsa (data only)	Steel pot	36°07' N	95° 58' W	245
Y	USA: Oregon: Medford	Ion-Exchange Column	42°22' N	122° 52' W	400
N	USA: Pennsylvania: PIttsburgh (data only)	Steel pot	40°26' N	80° 00' W	227
N	USA: Pennsylvania: PIttsburgh (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	40°26' N	80° 00' W	227
Y	USA: Puerto Rico: San Juan	Ion-Exchange Column	18°26' N	66° 00' W	10
N	USA: South Carolina: Columbia	Ion-Exchange Column	33°57' N	81° 07' W	66
N	USA: South Dakota: Vermillion	Steel pot	42°47' N	96° 56' W	372
N	USA: Tennessee: Chattanooga (data only)	Steel pot	35°03' N	85° 20' W	206
N	USA: Texas: Dallas (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	32°51' N	96° 51' W	160
N	USA: Texas: El Paso	Ion-Exchange Column	31°48' N	106° 24' W	1204
N	USA: Texas: Houston	Steel pot	29°45' N	95° 25' W	12
N	USA: Texas: Houston	Ion-Exchange Column	29°39' N	95° 17' W	22
N	USA: Texas: Houston	Ion-Exchange Column	29°45' N	95° 25' W	12
N	USA: Utah: Salt Lake City (data only)	Steel pot	40°46' N	110° 49' W	1516
N	USA: Virginia: Sterling	Ion-Exchange Column	38°59' N	77° 28' W	82
Y	USA: Wake Island	Ion-Exchange Column	19°17' N	166° 39' E	3
N	USA: Washington: Forks	Ion-Exchange Column	48°22' N	124° 36' W	26
N	USA: Washington: Seattle (data only)	Steel pot	47°35' N	122° 20' W	3
N	USA: Washington: Seattle (data only)	Steel pot	47°35' N	122° 20' W	3
N	USA: Wisconsin: Appleton (data only)	Steel pot	44°15' N	88° 25' W	229
N	USA: Wisconsin: Green Bay	Ion-Exchange Column	44°29' N	88° 08' W	210
N	Venezuela: Caracas (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	10°24' N	66° 59' W	1751
N	Venezuela: Caracas (data only)	Ion-Exchange Column	10°03' N	66° 48' W	926
N	Zimbabwe: Salisbury (formerly Rhodesia)	Steel pot	17°48' S	31° 03' E	1495

Selecting dates: You can select a beginning and ending quarter to limit your search, or you can search through all samples collected. Originally, samples were collected and analyzed on a monthly basis; however, in 1976, EML changed to a quarterly cycle. Older samples will be identified with a month and quarter, while newer ones may have just a quarter. Up through 1990 the procedure was to analyze the samples and not retain them. Since 1990, EML has not analyzed any fallout samples, but has retained them for future research or for comparison in case of a radiation release.

Selecting just a year will include all samples from that year and later/earlier. Selecting both a quarter and year will return all samples from that quarter and later/earlier. Selecting a quarter without a corresponding year is not meaningful. If your start date is after your end date, your results set will be quite small.

Displaying records: This box allows you to select how many records will display on screen at one time. Extremely large HTML tables can cause problems with your web browser when it attempts to parse and display them and can increase the time needed to download the information over a slow internet connection. Choosing a large number of records at a time can create tables large enough to crash your web browser. You have been warned. On the other hand, the query is executed again for each page displayed, which can be time-consuming if the query is complex. This choice is only meaningful for the hyperlinked display and is ignored for the comma-delimited format.

Standard display: Clicking the Submit button will submit the search and return it in standard form. All records which meet your criteria will be displayed, along with any appropriate columns of information according to your selections. Sample ID's are linked to a pop-up display of all information about that sample for your convenience. You will need to have Javascript enabled on your web browser to be able to click on them, and you can just close the pop-up window when you are done looking at the extra information.

Please note that the vast majority of the samples stored at EML have NOT been analyzed and do not have data associated with them. In general, samples have either been analyzed and destroyed, or not analyzed but retained.

Comma-delimited display: Comma-delimited format is useful to allow people to download sections of the Fallout database and import them into spreadsheet or database applications. The format parallels the hyperlinked display - it should provide exactly the same records and fields as the hyperlinked display. You can thus refine your query with the web display and then download a file suitable for data manipulation. After clicking on the button, your web browser will ask if you want to save the file to disk - you should answer yes and give it a name ending in .txt because it is a plain-text file. When importing, you should treat all fields (or at least the sample ID fields) as "text" and not as "general" or "numeric" because many of the sample ID numbers have leading zeros which will be eliminated if they are treated as numbers.

The EML Sample Archives makes available environmental radiological data collected for programs funded through the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration and the U. S. Department of Energy. All of these programs have been terminated. The databases were last updated in 1999. No additional data will be added to these databases. Any inquiries about these programs should be made to webmaster@eml.doe.gov.