Do you live or work on top of a toxic waste site? The following dumps (landfills) were in operation during a time of few government regulations on waste disposal. Carcinogenic chemicals and highly explosive, highly flammable landfill gases remain in many of these dumps. Some have had partial cleanup, some have been developed with no cleanup.
All dumps listed are closed unless indicated. Thomas Brothers Map Book coordinates are in parentheses
AGOURA, 91301
Los Angeles County Santiation District No. 2 Calabasas Landfill (558E5, F4, F5, G3, G5) OPEN
AGUA DULCE, 91350
Space Ordnance Systems, Mint Canyon Facility - 34854 Petersen Road (4373D3, E2)
ALHAMBRA, 91801
City of Alhambra Landfill - 500 feet southeast of Chapel and Mission Streets (596C5)
City of Pasadena Landfill - south of Grand Avenue, west of Alhambra Wash (596D5)
ALTADENA, 91001
Millard Canyon Dump - 3900 Canyon Crest Road (535F3)
Lincoln Debris Disposal Area - Loma Alta Drive, east of Lincoln Avenue (535G4)
West Ravine Debris Disposal Area - Chaney Trail north of Leilani Way (535H3)
Rubio Debris Disposal Area - Rubio Canyon Road, north of Via Maderas (536B4)
Los Flores Debris Disposal Area - Las Flores Canyon, north of Echo Glen Drive (536B4)
Eaton Debris Disposal Area - north of Eaton Canyon Park (536E6)
ARCADIA, 91006
City of Arcadia - 100 feet west of Second Street, 1000 feet south of Foothill Boulevard (567D4)
Santa Anita Debris Disposal Area - east of Highland Oaks between Orange Grove and Elkins (567E1)
City of Arcadia - 0.5 mile south of Live Oak, 50 feet south of south end Hempstead Ave (597E3)
19000 Surplus Dump - Live Oak Avenue and Peck Road (597G2)
Mary C. Jones - Clark Street and Cogswell Road (597G3)
AZUSA, 91702
American Cyanamid Co. - 1001 N. Todd Avenue (568G5)
Azusa City Municipal Dump - 1100 N. Vernon Avenue (568H5)
Azusa Land Reclamation Co., Inc. - 1201 West Gladstone Street (598G1) OPEN
BALDWIN HILLS, 90008
Standard Oil Co. Landfill - 4301 S. La Cienega Boulevard (673C3)
BASSETT, 91746
Bassett School Property Landfill - Orange Blossom Avenue (637H4)
BELL GARDENS, 90201
W. C. Hardesty Landfill - 6052 E. Shull Street (705H3)
BELLFLOWER, 90706
(name unknown) - Rosecrans Avenue and Woodruff Avenue (736D3)
BRADBURY, 91010
Spinks Debris Disposal Area - southeast of Bradbury Debris Basin (568C3)
BURBANK, 91501 and 91504
Lockheed Aircraft Landfill - 1705 Victory Boulevard (533E6)
Burbank Reclamation Project - 1801 N. Bel Aire Drive (533G4)
City of Burbank Landfill Site No. 3 - 1600 Lockheed View Drive (533H4)
Sunset Canyon Dump - 1083 Walnut Avenue (533H4)
CARSON, 90745 and 90746
Mor-Glo Paint and Lacquer Co. Landfill - 18934 S. Main Street (764C2)
Katz Dump - Broadway and Victoria Street (764C2)
Koerner Dump - 406 W. Griffith Street (764C2)
Cottler Dump - 18802 S. Broadway (764C2)
Broadway-Main Co. Dump - 19101 S. Main Street (764C3)
BKK Dump - 19200 S. Main Street (764C3)
Los Angeles County Landfill - north of Dominguez Channel on Moneta Avenue (764C3)
Los Angeles County Landfill - south of Dominguez Channel on Moneta Avenue (764C3)
Shell Chemical Landfill - 19500 S. Moneta Avenue (764C3)
Southwest Steel Mills #2 Dump - 19001 S. Broadway (764C3)
Martin Halleman Dump - Figueroa Street at Dominguez Channel (764C3)
Brown Dump - 19001 S. Figueroa Street (764C3)
Southwest Steel Mills #1 Dump - 19100 S. Figueroa Street (764C3)
U. S. Navy Dump - Figueroa Street and San Diego Freeway (764C3)
BKK Landfill #2 - 19822 S. Main Street (764C4)
Cal-Compact Dump - 20300 S. Main Street (764C4)
Werdin Dump - 20400 S. Main Street (764C4)
Southwest Conservation Dump - 20331 S. Main Street (764C4)
Gardena Valley Dump - 100 W. Torrance Boulevard (764C5)
Gardena Valley Dump - 101 W. Torrance Boulevard (764C5)
Dolores Street Disposal Site - 21111 Delores Street (764D5)
Adams Industries Dump - 213th Street and Dolores Street (764D6)
Gardena Valley Dump - south of 213th Street; east of Dominguez Channel (764E6)
Acid and Cyanide Waste Disposal Plant - 24501 S. Figueroa Street (794C3)
CARSON, 90810
Gardena Valley Landfill #6 - 213th Street and Chico Street (764F5)
Stauffer Chemical / Borden Chemical Dump - 20720 S. Wilmington Ave (764H5)
California By-Products Dump - 2241 E. Carson Street (764J6)
Hardwick Disposal Pit # 44 - 22620 S. Alameda Street (794J1)
Alameda Street Dump - 22700 S. Alameda Street (794J1)
CASTAIC, 91384
Chiquita Canyon Landfill - 29201 Henry Mayo Road (4549C3) OPEN
Wayside Honor Rancho Landfill - 29300 The Old Road (4459J5)
CERRITOS, 90703
Los Angeles County Road Department Landfill - 20200 S. Studebaker Rd (766F3)
Dairy Valley Reclamation Co. Landfill - 20000 S. Bloomfield Avenue (767A3)
Fred Therist Dump - northeast corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Del Amo Blvd (767A3)
CHATSWORTH, 91311
Browns Debris Disposal Area - north end of De Soto Avenue (500B1)
CHINO HILLS, 91709
Pomona City Dump - Garey Avenue and Corona Freeway (640J6)
CITY OF COMMERCE, 90040
Fluor Corp. Dump - 2500 S. Atlantic Boulevard (675F4)
Futernick Dump - 6955 E. Slauson Avenue (676A6)
L. A. By-Products - 7136 E. Slauson Avenue (676A6)
George F. Casey Dump - 7222 E. Slauson Avenue (676A6)
George F. Casey Dump - 7223 E. Slauson Avenue (676A6)
Salvage Corporation Dump - 7100 E. Gage Avenue (676B7)
Gage Avenue Dump - 7326 E. Gage Avenue (676B7)
CITY OF INDUSTRY / LA PUENTE, 91744
Puente Waste Disposal - 147 N. Azusa Avenue (638H7)
Hurley Dump - 1000 feet north of Valley Blvd between Azusa and Glendora Aves (678G1)
CITY OF INDUSTRY / HACIENDA HEIGHTS, 91745
Puente Hills Landfill - 13130 Crossroads Parkway South (637F6)
CITY OF INDUSTRY / AVOCADO HEIGHTS, 91746
5th Avenue Dump - 829 S. 5th Avenue (637J6)
CITY OF INDUSTRY, 91748
(name unknown) - Marwood Drive and Turnbull Canyon Road (678B1)
CLAREMONT, 91711
Webb Canyon Debris Disposal Site - Webb Canyon Road (571A5)
Claremont City Dump - 1100 N. Mills Avenue (601E2)
6th Street Dump - 705 E. 6th Street (601E3)
COMPTON, 90220
Compton Waste Disposal - 2823 W. Alondra Boulevard (734E6)
Compton Landfill - 2902 W. Alondra Boulevard (734E6)
Los Angeles County Road Dept. Landfill - Greenleaf Blvd and Central Ave (734F6)
City of Compton Disposal Site - Alondra Street near Wilmington Street (734H5)
COMPTON, 90221
San Carlos Street Dump - San Carlos Street, west of Los Angeles River (735D3)
Compton City Dump - Compton Boulevard and San Antonio Avenue (735E4)
Alameda and Del Amo Street Dump - 19944 S. Alameda Street (765A3)
COMPTON, 90222
Weber Avenue Dump - 575 E. Weber Avenue (734J1)
Master Lubricants-Demenno Reserv. - 2000 N. Alameda Street (734J2)
COVINA, 91722
Covina City Dump - 1122 Knollcrest Drive (599E6)
CUDAHY, 90201
B. H. Steepleton Dump - 5310 Elizabeth Street (705F2)
Cudahy Dump - 5240 Santa Ana Avenue (705F2)
CULVER CITY, 90232
Wright Dump - Jefferson Boulevard and Duquesne Avenue (672H2)
Ward Disposal - 9462 Jefferson Boulevard (672H2)
Larry Hetzler Dump - east of Jefferson, at end of Hetzler Road (672J2)
DIAMOND BAR, 91789
Valley Land Development Co. Landfill - 401 S. Brea Canyon Road (679G2)
DOWNEY, 90241
Downey Dump - 11014 S. Pangborn Avenue (706D6)
DUARTE, 91010
Mead Wrecking Landfill - 1215 E. Duarte Road (567A6)
Maddock Debris Disposal Area - north end of Vineyard Avenue (568D3)
Canyon Park Development Co. Landfill - 1100 Las Lomas Road (568D5)
EL MONTE, 91731
El Monte City Dump - 600 feet south of Valley Blvd, 200 feet east of Santa Anita Ave (597C7)
Theodore L. Vautherine Dump - north end of Merced Ave at Rio Hondo River (637B1)
EL SEGUNDO, 90245
El Segundo City Landfill - west end of Walnut Street (702D7)
Chevron U. S. A. Landfill - 324 W. El Segundo Boulevard (732E2)
General Tile Landfill - 430 Sheldon Street (732F1)
Allied Chemical Dump - 850 S. Sepulveda Boulevard (732G3)
GARDENA, 90247
Los Angeles County Road Dept. Landfill - Artesia Blvd and Western Avenue (733J7)
Gardena Dump - 174th Street and Western Avenue (733J7)
E. S. Schultz Dump - 13833 Vermont Avenue (734A3)
Gardena City Dump - 1214 W. 170th Street (734A7)
Thomas Cooper Sumps - Artesia and Normandie (734A7)
G. M. Russel Dump - 131st Street and Figueroa Street (734B2)
GARDENA, 90248
American Disposal - east of Dominguez Channel; south of 182nd Street (764B1)
Southern California Disposal - 186th Street and Vermont Avenue (764B2)
American Disposal - northeast corner of 190th Street and Vermont Avenue (764B2)
Hamilton Street Dump - northwest of San Diego Freeway and Harbor Freeway (764B2)
GARDENA, 90249
Coleman Dump - 1640 W. 135th Street (733J3)
Daley and Daley Trailer Camp Dump - 1710 W. 135th Street (733J3)
Tobias Landfill #2 - 14110 Western Avenue (733J3)
GLENDALE 91201
Brand Park Disposal Site - 1601 West Mountain Street (534B7)
Brand Canyon Debris Disposal Area - southeast of Brand Park Reservoir (534C6)
Kellogg Avenue Dump - 630 Kellogg Avenue (564B3)
Grand Central Airport - 1101 Air Way (564B3)
GLENDALE 91206
Scholl Canyon Sanitary Landfill - 3001 Scholl Canyon Road (565B3)
Scholl Canyon Landfill #4 - 7721 N. Figueroa Street (565C3, C4) OPEN
GLENDALE 91208
Deer Debris Disposal Area - south of Beaudry Boulevard at Beaudry Terrace (534F5)
GLENDALE 91214
Dunsmore Debris Disposal Area - approximately 5100 Dunsmore Avenue (504E5)
Ward Debris Disposal Area - Markridge Road at Pennsylvania Avenue (504F5)
GLENDORA, 91741
Walnut Street Dump - 508 E. Walnut Street (569F6)
Glendora City Dump - northwest of Sierra Madre Avenue and Loraine Avenue (569G4)
Big Dalton Canyon Reservoir Disposal Site - Glendora Mountain Rd and Dalton Rd (569H2)
GORMAN, 93534
Gorman Dump - Off I-5; ½ mile southeast of Gorman (page F)
GRANADA HILLS / PORTER RANCH, 91344
Sunshine Canyon/ North Valley Landfill - 14747 San Fernando Road (481A2)
Los Angeles City Dept. of Public Works Landfill - Zelzah Avenue and Lerdo Avenue (501A1)
HARBOR CITY, 90710
Los Angeles Harbor District Dump - 200ft west of Vermont Av, between PCH and Anaheim St. (794A5)
HUNTINGTON PARK, 90255
Huntington Park City Dump - 7001 Bissell Street (675B7)
Wilmington Avenue Dump - Alameda Street and Randolph Street (674H6)
IRWINDALE, 91010
Alpha Pit - 2501 Bateman (597J1)
Livingston-Graham/Duarte Disposal Site - 1137 E. Meridian Street (597J1)
IRWINDALE, 91706
Calmat Reliance Pit #2 - south side of Foothill Boulevard (568E6)
Owl Park Landfill #2 - 161 East Longden Avenue (597G2)
Harold Simpson Disposal Site - 200 E. Live Oak Avenue (597G2)
John Mgrdician Dump - 280 E. Arrow Highway (597G2)
Nu-Way Industries, Inc. Dump - 400 E. Live Oak Avenue (597G2)
Theo. L. Vantherine Dump - Peck Road and Arrow Highway (597G2)
Longden Avenue Disposal Site - 2900 E. Longden Avenue (597G2)
Harvey Brothers Dump - 840 Van Meter Street (597H1)
Owl Park Landfill #1 - Longden Avenue and Live Oak Avenue (597H2)
San Marino Dump - 600 feet east of Peck Road at Arrow Highway (597H2)
Livingston-Graham Landfill - 13550 Live Oak Avenue (598A2)
Irwindale Plant Pit - 13623 Live Oak Avenue (598A2)
Consolidated Rock Products Landfill - 15700 Arrow Highway (598E2)
Azusa Canyon Road Dump - Azusa Canyon Road and Cypress Street (598E4)
Manning Brothers Landfill - 16158 Central Street (598F3)
Conrock Company Disposal Site - 4827 N. Irwindale Avenue (598F3)
LA CRESCENTA, 91214
Shields Debris Disposal Area - La Crescenta Avenue and Alta Terrace (504F6)
Eagle Debris Disposal Area - Harmony Place, east of La Crescenta Avenue (504G6)
LA VERNE, 91750
La Verne City Dump - Palomares Avenue and Carrion Road (600E3)
LAKEVIEW TERRACE, 91742
Lopez Canyon Landfill - 11950 Lopez Canyon Road (482F5)
Russell Moe Landfill - 12089 Lopez Canyon Road (482F6)
LANCASTER, 93535
Lancaster Landfill (100 acres) - 600 East Avenue F (3925B5) OPEN
Mariott and Ross Dump - Avenue E and 10th Street East (now Challenger Way) (3926B3)
Mariott and Ross Dump - Avenue F and 10th Street East (now Challenger Way) (3926B5)
30th Street East Pit - 30th Street East and Avenue H-8 (4016F3)
155th Street Disposal Site - 155th Street and Avenue H (4109E5)
LANCASTER, 93536
Antelope Rubbish - Avenue M and 90th Street west (now Columbia Way) (4103J6)
LENNOX, 90304
(name unknown) - 5126 W. 106th Street (703B5)
LITTLEROCK, 93543
Little Rock Disposal Site - 75th Street East and Avenue U (4287G7; 4277G1)
LONG BEACH / BIXBY VILLAGE, 90803
Loynes/Bixby Disposal Site - Loynes Drive and Bixby Village Drive (796D7)
City Dump and Salvage Co. Landfill - 6204, 6363, 6364, 6501 Pacific Coast Highway (826D1, 826D2)
Studebaker/Loynes Disposal Site - Loynes Drive and Studebaker Road (826E1)
LONG BEACH, 90805
Monsanto Corp. Dump - 6251 N. Paramount Boulevard (765H1)
Long Beach City Dump - Paramount Boulevard and South Street (765H2)
Long Beach Dump - between Paramount Blvd and Obispo Ave, north of 54th Street (765H3)
LONG BEACH, 90806
Oil Operators, Inc. Landfill - 712 W. Baker Street (765C7)
Ascon Construction Co. Landfill - 2725 Atlantic Avenue (795E2)
Woolner Oil Co. Landfill - 2801 Atlantic Avenue (795E2)
LONG BEACH, 90807
Certified Alloy Products - 3245 Cherry Avenue (795G1)
LONG BEACH, 90808
Long Beach Dump - Willow Street and Temple Avenue (795H3)
LONG BEACH, 90813
City Disposal Co. - 1917 E. Anaheim Street (795G6)
LOS ANGELES, 90004
L. A. Rubbish Landfill - 232 N. Juanita Avenue (634A1)
LOS ANGELES, 90012
Bishop Canyon Dump - 929 Academy Road (594G7)
Bishop Canyon Landfill - 1000 Elysian Park Drive (634F1)
Amalgamated Oil Dump - 1300 Cardinal Street (634H2)
LOS ANGELES, 90019
Pacific Electric Railroad Landfill - 4600 Venice Boulevard (633E4)
LOS ANGELES, 90021
Los Angeles City Dump - 1919 E. Washington Boulevard (674G1)
LOS ANGELES, 90022
J. W. Fields/John Arcarcon Landfill - 4615 E. 2nd Street (635G6)
LOS ANGELES, 90023
(name unknown) - 7th Street and Anderson Street (634J6)
Capri Tank Farm - 3128 Whittier Boulevard (635B7)
LOS ANGELES, 90025
Matsunga - 1927 Sawtelle Boulevard (632B5)
S. Yamana - 2138 ½ Sawtelle Boulevard 632B6)
LOS ANGELES / GRIFFITH PARK, 90027
Toyon Canyon Landfill - 5050 Mt. Hollywood Drive (563J5)
LOS ANGELES / LINCOLN HEIGHTS, 90031
City of Los Angeles - 200 feet east of Mission Rd, 400 feet south of N. Broadway (635C1)
LOS ANGELES / MONTECITO HEIGHTS, 90031
Rose Hills Disposal Site - 3854 Roberta Street (595C6)
LOS ANGELES, 90039
E. L. Fleming Dump - west of 5431 San Fernando Road (564C4)
Byson Dump - ¼ mile west of San Fernando Road, south of Sperry Street(564C5)
(name unknown) - Colorado Boulevard, 500’ west of San Fernando Road (564C5)
Franciscan Ceramics Dump - 2901 Los Feliz Boulevard (564D7)
Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power - Fletcher Drive and Riverside Drive (594E3)
LOS ANGELES, 90042
Monterey Hills condominiums along Via Marisol built on landfill (595D4)
LOS ANGELES / ATHENS, 90044
Vermont Avenue Dump - 12301 S. Vermont Avenue (734A1)
LOS ANGELES, 90047
Eric N. Samuelson - 11920 S. Western Avenue (703H7)
Los Angeles County Dump - Imperial Highway and Normandie Avenue (703J7)
LOS ANGELES, 90048
(name unknown) - San Vicente Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard (632J1)
LOS ANGELES / BRENTWOOD, 90049
Veterans Administration Chemical/Radioactive Waste Dump - 300 block South Barrington Ave (631H3)
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County Mission Canyon Landfill - Canyons 1 through 8
2101 N. Sepulveda Boulevard (561E7,F7; 591E1, F1, E3, E4, F5, F6, G5)
LOS ANGELES / LADERA HEIGHTS, 90056
Dow Chemical Co. - 5855 W. Centinela Avenue (672H7)
County Parks and Recreation Department - 5361 W. Slauson Avenue (673A6)
Landfill facility, Centinela Avenue - west of La Tijera Boulevard, Inglewood (673A7)
LOS ANGELES / VERNON, 90058
Los Angeles City Dump - 1919 E. Washington Boulevard (674G1, G2, H1, H2)
Hardwick Disposal Pits - 2900 S. Alameda Street (674G2)
Sparks Pit - south of 26th Street on west bank of Los Angeles River (674J2)
Vernon Paving - 3150 Bandini Boulevard (675A3)
Air Reduction - 5600 Bickett Street (675A5)
Learida’s Dump - 3480 Bandini Boulevard (675B3)
Vernon City Dump - 3501 Bandini Boulevard (675C3)
Clifford L. Bush - 3818 Bandini Boulevard (675C3)
LOS ANGELES, 90059
Atkinson Brick Co. - northwest corner of Central Avenue and Rosecrans Blvd (734F3)
LOS ANGELES, 90061
Mrs. Rose Williams - 13916 S. Main Street (734C3)
P. and J. Artukovitch, Inc. - 13125 San Pedro Street (734D2)
P. and J. Artukovitch, Inc. - 13201 San Pedro Street (734D2)
LOS ANGELES / CITY TERRACE, 90063
1st Street Dumping Co. - 134-36 N. Nevada Avenue (635E6)
First Street Dump - 1st Street and Herbert Avenue (635E6)
Vezayiff - 3937 E. 1st Street (635E6)
Sunol Dump - 127-131 N. Sunol Drive (635E6)
Cogen Dump - McBride Avenue (635F4)
Blanchard Street Dump - Blanchard Street and McBride Avenue (635F4)
LOS ANGELES, 90065
Cleland Dump - 4820 Cleland Avenue (595A2)
Lacy Street Dump - 400 Avenue 26 (594J7)
LOS ANGELES, 90066
K-West Engineering and Grading Dumpsite - northeast of Lincoln and Jefferson Boulevards (702C1)
LOS ANGELES, 90067
Twentieth Century Fox Studios Landfill - 10201 W. Pico Boulevard (632E5)
LOS ANGELES, 90068
Forest Lawn Landfill - 6300 Forest Lawn Drive (563F4)
LOS ANGELES, 90077
Stone Canyon Reservoir Disposal Site - 1900 Stone Canyon Road (591J4)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Los Angeles County Puente Hills Landfill - 2800 S. Workman Mill Road (637D7) OPEN
Refuse Disposal Land Reclamation - 325 N. Azusa Avenue (638H7)
LYNWOOD, 90262
Leslie Cantrell Dump - 11901 S. Alameda Street (704J7, 734J1)
Willco Disposal Company Dump - 11700 Wright Road (735E1)
Cortland Avenue Dump - Cortland Avenue at Los Angeles River (735E1)
Willard Dump - 1000 feet north of Josephine Street, 200 feet east of Wright Road (735E1)
MALIBU, 90265
Juma Ranch Illegal Dump - 3200 Encinal Canyon Drive (626G3)
MARINA DEL REY, 90292
Dow Chemical Dump - Lighthouse Street and Pacific Avenue (701J1)
Gladding, McBean / Higgins Building Materials - ¾ mile south of Lincoln Bl and Washington Bl (672A6)
Venice Dump - 630 Washington Street (671J6)
Marina Del Rey Municipal Landfill - Washington Street and Oxford Avenue (672A7)
Celery Dump - 800’ north of Culver Boulevard and 500’ west of Lincoln Boulevard (702C1)
MONROVIA, 91016
Osborne Company Dump - Myrtle Avenue and Sky Way (567G2)
Sawpit Debris Disposal Area - Norumbega Road, east of North Canyon Boulevard (567H2)
City of Monrovia Dump - Arrow Highway and Peck Road (597G2)
El Monte Pit Disposal Site - 4500 Live Oak Avenue (597G2)
Pasadena City Dump - Live Oak Avenue near Peck Road (597G3)
MONTEBELLO, 90640
Operating Industries, Inc. Landfill - 900 Potrero Grande Drive (636E5)
Agajanian Dump - 716 E. Lincoln Avenue (636H7)
Bethlehem Steel Disposal Site - 2100 Yates Avenue (676B3)
Bethlehem Steel Company Dump #2 - 861 S. Vail Avenue (676B3)
East Los Angeles Airport Dump - Washington Boulevard and Vail Avenue (676B4)
Yasuda Dump - 500 feet northeast of Telegraph Rd between Bluff Rd and Greenwood Ave (676B6, C6)
Bell Corp. - 1715 Chapin Road (676C6)
State of California, Division of Highways Dump - 7840 E. Telegraph Road (676C7)
Montebello City Dump - 283 E. Maiden Lane (676F2)
Bell Holding Company Dump - 7929 Telegraph Road (706C1)
MONTEREY PARK, 91754
Pomona Land Reclamation - Corporate Center Drive and Casuda Canyon Road (635G3)
Cogen Dump - McBride Avenue (635F4)
Blanchard Street Dump - Blanchard Street and McBride Avenue (635F4)
MONTEREY PARK, 91755
Starbird Dump - Starbird Drive and Keller Avenue (636B4)
D. L. Schafer Dump - 357 Tegner Drive (636D4)
J. D. Anderson Dump - 950 Tegner Drive (636D4)
Operating Industries, Inc. Dump - 900 Potrero Grande Drive (636E5)
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, 91601
Southern Pacific Trans/Hope Plastics - 5353 Strohm Avenue (563B2)
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, 91605
Hewitt Disposal Site - 7245 Laurel Canyon Road (532F4, G4)
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, 91606
Kittridge Dump - 11400 Kittridge Street (532J6)
Los Angeles By-Products Dump - northwest corner of Victory Blvd and Vineland Ave (532J6, 533A6)
NORTHRIDGE, 91324
Wilbur Debris Disposal Site - Nordhoff Street and Wilbur Avenue (500H7)
NORWALK, 90650
E. Cabral Dump - 11131 S. Pioneer Boulevard (706G6)
Norwalk State Hospital Dump - 11800 S. Bloomfield Avenue (707A7)
Walter J. Selby Dump - 12923 Shoemaker Avenue (737B1)
State Hospital Dump - Shoemaker Avenue and Foster Road (737B2)
PACIFIC PALISADES, 90272
16990 Sunset Boulevard developed on former landfill (630H6)
Los Angeles City Dump - Alma Real Drive and La Paz Drive ( 631A5)
PACOIMA, 91331
San Fernando City Dump - Sharp Avenue and Paxton Street (502A3)
City of San Fernando - southwest corner of Laurel Canyon Road and Paxton Street (502B3)
PALMDALE, 93550
Antelope Valley Public Dump - 1200 W. City Ranch Road (4285F2) OPEN
PARAMOUNT, 90723
Compton City Dump - Compton Boulevard and San Antonio Avenue (735E5)
Rullo Dump - 6300 Alondra Boulevard (735E5)
PASADENA, 91105
Pasadena City Dump - southwest of Colorado Boulevard and Linda Vista Boulevard (565F5)
PASADENA, 91106
City of Pasadena - 1000 feet south of Glenarm Street, 500 feet west of Arroyo Parkway (565H7)
PASADENA, 91107
Atwood and Pursel - 2700 New York Drive (566E1)
Kelly Dump - 2400 Kinclair Drive (536F6)
Kinneloa Estates Landfill - New York Drive and Glen Springs Road (536F7)
Osborne Constructors - 2900 E. Woodlyn Road (566F1)
Hastings Canyon Debris Disposal Site - north end of Michillinda Avenue (566H2)
Sierra Madre Villa Debris Disposal Site - north of Hamilton Park (566H2)
PICO RIVERA, 90660
(name unknown) - Burke Street and San Gabriel River (706F1)
POMONA, 91766
Pomona Brick Co. - 1000 feet north of Grand Avenue, 1800 feet west of White Avenue (640G2)
Pomona City Dump - Garey Avenue. and Corona Freeway (640J6)
POMONA, 91767
J. S. Bowers Associates - 2040 N. Towne Avenue (601A6)
POMONA, 91768 and 91789
Spadra Landfill - north of Valley Boulevard between Temple Ave and Grand Ave (640A3,A4; 639J5)
QUARTZ HILL, 93536
Quartz Hill Decomposed Granite Pit - Avenue M-2 and 45th Street West (4104J6)
Quartz Hill Dump - 40th Street West and Avenue M-2, Quartz Hill (4105A6)
REDONDO BEACH, 90277
Green Hog Ranch - 2000 E. Beryl Street (763A3)
Redondo Beach Municipal Dump - 1400 Beryl Street (763A3)
REDONDO BEACH, 90278
City of Redondo Beach, ¾ mile west of Hawthorne - 300 feet north of 190th Street (763C2)
(name unknown) - Inglewood Boulevard and 156th Street (733B5)
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, 90274
Chandler’s Landfill - 26311 Narbonne Avenue (793G6)
Hawthorne Sump Closed Landfill - west side of Moccasin Lane (793C5)
Palos Verdes Landfill #1 - 26301 Crenshaw Boulevard (793D6, E6)
Palos Verdes Landfill #4 - 26300 Hawthorne Boulevard (793D5)
Palos Verdes Dump - west of Crenshaw Blvd, north of Palos Verdes Drive N., south of Walteria (793D4)
Kazarian and Son Dump - west of Crenshaw Blvd, 700 feet northeast of Palos Verdes Drive N. (793D6)
ROSEMEAD, 91770
(name unknown) - Walnut Grove Avenue and Rush Street (636G3)
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
U.S. Navy Landfill
SAN DIMAS, 91773
San Dimas Disposal - southeast of San Dimas Canyon Road and Golden Hills Road (570F4)
Valley Center Dump - Valley Center Avenue and Cypress Avenue (599H4)
Walnut Creek Dump - 1305 S. Valley Center Avenue (599H5)
Gray’s Dump - 5th Street and N. Amelia Avenue (600A1)
San Dimas Community Dump - 600 S. San Dimas Avenue (600B3)
San Dimas Dump - 200 feet east of San Dimas Avenue, 300 feet north of Bonita Avenue (600C2)
Elmer Teague - 700 S. Walnut Avenue (600C3)
Floyd R. Bunnell - 133 E. Arrow Highway (600C3)
SAN GABRIEL, 91776
City of San Gabriel Disposal Site - 927 E. Grand Avenue (596F5)
SAN PEDRO, 90731
J. C. Agajanian - 1901 N. Gaffey Street (794A7)
White Point Former Nike Site - Western and 25th Streets (823H7)
Gaffey Street Dump -1400 North Gaffey Street (824B2)
Los Angeles Harbor Department - 900 Barracuda Street, Terminal Island (824E5)
Los Angeles City Harbor Department - 700 South Ferry Street (824F4)
SAN PEDRO, 90732
Navy Fuel Depot / Mercury Refueling, Inc. - 26800 S. Western Avenue (793J7)
SANTA CLARITA, 91321
Bill T. Small’s Mud Sump - west end of Avenue of the Oaks (4551E5)
Hank’s Mud Sump - Davey Avenue, east of Cross Street (4640J3)
SANTA CLARITA, 91350
Whittaker/Bermite Facility - 22116 Soledad Canyon Road (4551A3)
National Technical Systems - 20988 Golden Triangle Road (4551C2)
SANTA CLARITA, 91354
(unregulated landfill) - Grandview Drive and Newhall Ranch Road (4550G1)
SANTA CLARITA, 91387
Iron Canyon Debris Disposal Site - east end of Warm Springs Drive (4552E6, E7)
Parker Aircraft Company and Space Ordnance Systems - 25977 Sand Canyon Road (4642D1, E1)
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, 90704
Pebbly Beach Disposal Site - Quarry Road (now Dump Road), Avalon (5923)
Two Harbors Landfill Site - Two Harbors (5923)
Isthmus Landfill - Santa Catalina Island (5923)
H-10 Water Taxi Co. Ltd. - ocean disposal 9 miles southeast of Avalon
SANTA FE SPRINGS, 90670
Los Nietos Dump - Los Nietos Road at San Gabriel River (706G2)
Los Angeles By-Products Co. - 9615 S. Norwalk Boulevard (706J3)
Dice Road and Los Nietos Road Dump - 9165 Dice Road (706J3)
Whittier Area Disposal - between Santa Fe Springs Rd and Painter St, west of Los Nietos Rd (707A4, B4)
Waste Disposal, Inc. - 12731 E. Los Nietos Road (707A4)
Kalico Dump No. 1 - 11900 Greenstone Avenue (707A7)
Los Nietos Dump - Los Nietos Road and Painter Avenue (707B4 )
Kobra Dump - 12201 Greenstone Avenue (737A1)
Kalico Dump No. 3 - Mojave Corporation, 12827 E. Imperial Highway (737A1)
Kalico Dump No. 2 - 12950 Leffingwell Road (737B1)
Norwalk Disposal Co. - 12801 S. Marquardt Avenue (737C1)
PGP Industries - 13429 Alondra Boulevard (737C5)
Norwalk Dump Co. - 13780 E. Imperial Highway (737D1)
SANTA MONICA, 90404
Beverly Hills City Dump - 2401 Colorado Avenue (631G7)
Gladding McBean Dump - 2400 W. Colorado Avenue (631G7)
Santa Monica City Dump - 26th Street and Colorado Avenue (631H7)
City of Santa Monica Dump - Stewart Street and Exposition Boulevard (631H7)
Venturino Dump - 2319 Michigan Avenue (671H1)
Frank Street Dump - 1943 Frank Street (671H1)
SANTA MONICA, 90405
City of Santa Monica Dump - Dewey Street and Walgrove Avenue (671J3)
SIERRA MADRE, 91024
Bailey Debris Disposal Area - north of Grove Reservoir (566J1)
Auburn Debris Disposal Area - southwest of Hermosa Avenue and Auburn Avenue (567A1)
Sierra Madre City Dump - 631 E. Sierra Madre Boulevard (567C2)
Lannan Debris Disposal Area - near Santa Anita Avenue, north of Arno Drive (567D1)
SIGNAL HILL, 90755
Signal Hill Solid Fill - 900 East 29th Street (795F2)
City of Signal Hill - 2175 E. 28th Street (795G2)
California Carbon - 2825 E. Grant Street (795H4)
SOLEDAD, 91390
Lubrication Company of America - 12500 Lang Station Road.(4552H1)
SOUTH EL MONTE, 91733
California State Highway Dump - east of Rosemead between Garvey and Cortada (636J2)
Martin Litwin Dump - 1626 Rosemead Boulevard (636J4)
SOUTH GATE, 90280
Stauffer Chemical Co. - 4570 Ardine (705D3)
Ameron Disposal Site - 4635 Firestone Boulevard (705D3)
A. V. Hohn Dump - 5466 Southern Avenue (705F4)
California State Division of Highway Dump - Firestone Boulevard and Long Beach Freeway (705F4)
South Gate Landfill - 10120 Miller Way and 10200 Miller Way (705F5)
Purex Company Dump - 9300 S. Rayo Avenue (705E4)
SOUTH PASADENA, 91030
South Pasadena City Dump - 200 N. Garfield Avenue (595J1)
SOUTH SAN GABRIEL, 91770
Monterey Park Landfill - south end of Kays Place (636D3)
STUDIO CITY, 91604
(name unknown) - Bluffside Drive and Willowcrest Avenue (563A6, B6)
(name unknown) - west side of Vineland Avenue, south of Moorpark Street (563A4)
SUN VALLEY, 91352
De Garmo Pit - De Garmo Avenue and Montague Street (502F4)
Branford Street Dump - Branford Street at San Fernando Road (502F5)
Bright Realty Dump - Laurel Canyon at Jerome (502F7)
Ledger Pit - 500 feet west of Montague, south Glenoaks Boulevard (502F3)
Ledger Dump No. 2 - Glenoaks Blvd and Montague Street (502G3)
Valley Transfer Station - 9501 San Fernando Road (502G6)
Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power - 9430 San Fernando Road (502G6)
Wicks Place Dump - Wicks Street and Glenoaks Boulevard (502H5)
Robert Ledger Rubbish Disposal Co. - 11620 Wicks Street (502H6)
California Materials Co. - 9228 Tujunga Avenue (502H6)
Bradley Landfill - 9227 Tujunga Avenue (502H7) OPEN
CalMat Disposal Site - 9436 Glenoaks Boulevard (502J6)
San Fernando Valley Disposal - 11100 Peoria Street (502J6)
Valley Iron and Metal Co. - Pendleton Street, north of Glenoaks Boulevard (502J6)
Universal By-Products - 9200 Glenoaks Boulevard (502J6)
Bradley Pit - 9050 Bradley Avenue (502J7)
Pendleton Street Landfill - 11001 Pendleton Street (502J7)
Akmadzich Dump - 11201 Randall Street (502J7)
Norris Pit Dump - 9116 Norris Avenue (502J7)
Southern California Waste Reduction - 9147 De Garmo Street (502J7)
Los Angeles City Dept. of Water and Power - Pendleton Street and Chivers Avenue (503A6)
(name unknown) - south of Tuxford and Sunland Boulevard (503A6)
(name unknown) - south of Stonehurst and Sunland Boulevard (503A6)
Sheldon-Arleta Landfill - 8700 Arleta Avenue (532E1, F1)
Valley Iron and Metal Dump - 11666 Pendleton Street (532H1)
Los Angeles By-Products - Tuxford Street and San Fernando Road (532H1)
Tuxford Disposal Site - 11590 Tuxford Street (532H1)
Tuxford Pit - 8501 Tujunga Avenue (532J1)
Penrose Pit - 8251 Tujunga Avenue (532J2)
Flintkote Company Landfill - 8001 Fair Avenue (532J2)
Newberry Pit - 8250 Tujunga Avenue (532J2)
Los Angeles City Street Dump - 500 feet east of Tujunga Ave, 500 feet north of Sherman Way (532J4)
SUNLAND, 91042
La Tuna Debris Disposal Site - approximately 8900 La Tuna Canyon Road (503E6)
Zachau Debris Disposal Site - north end of Seven Hills Drive (504A2)
SYLMAR, 91342
May Debris Disposal Area - north end of Barner Avenue (482B1)
TOLUCA LAKE, 91602
(name unknown) - south of Moorpark Street, west of Vineland Avenue (563A5)
Aqua Vista Debris Disposal Area - Acama Street west of Lankershim Boulevard (563A5)
TORRANCE / HARBOR GATEWAY, 90501
Torrance City Dump - 1800 Plaza Del Amo (763H7)
Pacific Smelting - 2316 Abalone Avenue (763H7)
Montrose Chemical Corp. - 20201 Normandie Avenue (764A4)
TORRANCE / HARBOR GATEWAY, 90502
(name unknown) - Vermont Avenue and Knox Street (764B3)
National Supply Co. - 20925 S. Royal Boulevard (764A5)
Royal Boulevard Dump - 20950 S. Royal Boulevard (764A5)
Cadillac Fairview - 20301 S. Vermont Avenue (764B4)
Gardena Valley Dump No. 4 - Torrance Boulevard and Vermont Avenue (764B5)
(name unknown) - Sepulveda Boulevard, and Vermont Avenue (794B2)
TORRANCE, 90503
Redondo Beach Municipal Dump - 1400 Beryl Street (763A3)
City of Redondo Beach - northwest of Hawthorne and 190th Street (763C2)
Union Carbide - 3651 Del Amo Boulevard (763D4)
Torrance Municipal Dump - 20466 Madrona Street (763E4)
TORRANCE, 90504
Landfill Associates - 2200 W. Artesia Boulevard (763H1)
TORRANCE, 90505
Standard Oil Co. Dump - southeast of Sepulveda Boulevard and Hawthorne Boulevard (763D7)
Cassidy Dump - 3300 Newton Street (793D4)
Torrance Gravel Pit - 300 feet east of Madison Street, 500 feet south of Newton Street (793E4)
TORRANCE, 90506
County Parks and Recreation Dump - 3136 W. Manhattan Beach Boulevard (733F6)
UNIVERSAL CITY, 91608
Class III Landfill - beneath Tram Dispatch, Gibson Amphitheater and Cineplex
Trash pit along hill north of house #4 in Elm Street area
Buried Debris Area beneath Denver Street, Steven Spielberg Drive, Elm Street
Dumpsite beneath Wisteria Lane set
VAN NUYS, 91411
Kester Avenue Dump - 6151 Kester Avenue (531J7)
Los Angeles City Dept. of Public Works - 15145 Oxnard Street (531H7)
(name unknown) - 12800 Oxnard Street (532E7)
VENICE, 90291
Southern California Edison Coal Tar Dump - 340 Main Street (671G5)
(name unknown) - Sunset Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard (671H4)
Ro La Bollona - 1328 Dewey Street (671J3)
WALNUT, 91789
Spadra Landfill - north of Valley Blvd between Temple Ave and Grand Ave (640A3; 639J5)
WEST COVINA, 91790
Puente Dump - 1201 Puente Avenue (598H6)
WEST COVINA, 91791
Valencia Water - 314 S. Azusa Avenue (598J7)
Monte’s Dump - 1700 E. Garvey Avenue (598J7)
WEST COVINA, 91792
Home Savings Dump - 820 N. Azusa Avenue (598J5)
B.K.K. West Covina Landfill - 2210 South Azusa Avenue (638J5)
WHITTIER, 90602
City of Whittier Savage Canyon Landfill - 13919 E. Penn Street (677E7)
WHITTIER, 90606
Guirado Dump - Pioneer Boulevard and Orange Grove Avenue (676J3)
WILMINGTON, 90744
101 Disposal Company Dump - 25875 S. Normandie Avenue (794A5)
L. A. City Transfer - 26025 S. Normandie Avenue (794A6)
K and S Rubbish Dump - 26300 S. Vermont Avenue (794A6)
City Disposal Company Dump - 300 feet north of Anaheim St, 800 feet east of Vermont Ave (794B6)
Adivari Disposal, Inc. - 1733 Robidoux Street (794C5)
Lomita and Frigate Dump - 140 W. Lomita Boulevard (794D4)
California Salvage Co. - 217 N. Lagoon (794E7)
Port Disposal - 1702 Eubank Avenue (794F4)
Soil Management Method, Inc. - Wilmington and Lomita Boulevard (794F4)
City Disposal - 1200 E. Lomita Boulevard (794G4)
Hardwick Disposal - 1501 North Blinn Avenue (794G4)
Port Land Reclamation Co. - 1402 E. Lomita Boulevard (794G4)
Church Dump - Sandison Street and Blinn Avenue (794G4)
Ascon Landfill - 1605 N. Alameda Street (794H4)
BKK-Cherokee-Basin By-Products Dump - 3021 East I Street (794J6)
T.C.L. Dump - Anaheim Street and Terminal Island Freeway (794J6)
Koppers Co. - 210 S. Avalon Boulevard (824E1)
TCL Corp./Champlin Oil - 420 Henry Ford Avenue (824H1)
People Investigating Toxic Sites
Founded in 1984 to provide locations and dangers of closed dumpsites (landfills) and to investigate neighborhoods reporting contaminated groundwater and/or cancer clusters to determine if an old dumpsite is located nearby.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Homes On Dumps Across America
Homes on or adjacent to closed dumps:
CALIFORNIA
Alameda County
Oakland - Verdese Carter Park neighborhood
Contra Costa County
Hercules - Bayside Village
Fresno County
Fresno Sanitary Landfill - neighborhood between Jensen, West, North, and Marks avenues
Los Angeles County
Calabasas - Saratoga Hills subdivision
North Hollywood - California Laurel homes developed by Kaufman and Broad
Monrovia - Tropi-Cal Mobile Estates
Monterey Park/Montebello - neighborhoods adjacent to closed Operating Industries Landfill
Palos Verdes - Homes near South Coast Botanic Garden and Ernie Howlett Park.
Pomona - Walnut Hills Mobile Home Park and Pomona Islander Mobile Home Park
Santa Monica - Mountain View Mobile Home Park
Wilmington - Imperial Mobile Estates
Marin County
Fairfax - Oak Manor Drive - cancer cluster
Mendocino County
Laytonville - North Road - cancers, respiratory illness
Monterey County
Casanova Oak Knoll - cancer cluster
Orange County
Fullerton - Los Coyotes Country Club neighborhood
Huntington Beach - Edison Community Park neighborhood - cancer cluster
Magnolia Street and Pacific Coast Highway neighborhood
Bolsa Chica condominiums by Mola Development Corp.
Orange - Goldenrod Lane and Crest de Ville homes
Rancho Margarita - Rancho Santa Margarita homes adjacent to former Trabuco Bombing Range
Yorba Linda - Kellogg Terrace condominiums
San Diego County
San Diego - Del Sur "green" community built on WWII bombing range
San Marcos - Elfin Forest neighborhood
Santa Barbara County
Goleta - Tajiguas Landfill on Calle Real adjacent neighborhoods
Santa Maria - Unocal Orcutt Tank Farm under homes on Palomino Drive
Solvang - Ballard Canyon Landfill adjacent homes
Solano County
Benecia - Southampton subdivisions
Ventura County
Camarillo - Via Pacheco and Paseo Montelena neighborhood
Oxnard - Oxnard Dunes subdivision, River Ridge subdivision, California Cove subdivision
Simi - Larwin Homes on Currier Avenue
CONNECTICUT
Hamden - Newhall Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
Southington - Black Pond neighborhood - cancer cluster
FLORIDA
Land O'Lakes - Suncoast Meadows Homes
Miramar (near Fort Lauderdale) - Hampshire Homes
Orlando - Vista Lakes built on WWII bombing range with live ordnance
Plant City - Park Road and U.S. 92 neighborhood cancer cluster
Seffner - homes near Taylor Road, Department of Transportation, and Hillsborough Heights landfills
Plant City - Park Road and U.S. 92 neighborhood - cancer cluster
Seffner - homes near Taylor Road, Department of Transportation, and Hillsborough Heights landfills
IDAHO
Moreland - neighborhood adjacent to abandoned Moreland Dump - cancer cluster
ILLINOIS
Chicago - Altgeld Gardens - cancers, lung and heart ailments, birth defects, miscarriages
Hillside - Homes next to Congress Development Company Dumpsite
LOUISIANA
New Orleans - Golden Plaza homes and Moton Elementary School - cancer cluster
Shreveport - Anderson Island homes - cancers, lupus
MAINE
Fairfield - Middle Road neighborhood - cancer cluster
Wells - Indian Trail subdivision
MARYLAND
Accokeek (southeast of Washington D.C.) - Manning Village by Ryan Homes
Baltimore - Annapolis Road homes and neighborhood park
MASSACHUSETTS
Ashland - Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Attleboro - Shpack Dump and Attleboro Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Berkley - Cranberry Crossing - cancer cluster
Billerica - Iron Horse Park neighborhood - cancer cluster
Northampton - Glendale Road Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Norton (Chartley section) - Shpack Dump and Attleboro Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Pittsfield - Newell Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
Wilmington - Kelly Hill neighborhood - cancers, Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia
Woburn - Industri Plex, W.R. Grace and J.J. Riley Tannery Dumps - cancer cluster
MICHIGAN
Gaines Township, Genesee County
Swartz Creek - cancer cluster
Rochester Hills - Homes near Six Star Landfill (180 acres)
MISSOURI
Weldon Spring - Weldon Spring Park, formerly a radioactive dump - childhood leukemia
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Atkinson - Providence Hill neighborhood - cancer cluster
Gilford - Liberty Hill Road - cancer cluster
NEW JERSEY
North Wildwood - The Tides At Seaboard Point developed by K. Hovnanian Companies
Pitman - Alcyon Lake - adults who attended camp by Alcyon Lake - cancer cluster
Ringwood - neighborhood near Ringwood Landfill, Peters Mine - cancers cluster
Sayreville - Sayreville Landfill II, and Sayreville Landfill III surrounding neighborhoods - cancer cluster
South Amboy - O’Leary Boulevard homes
Toms River - Ciba-Geigy Chemical Dump contaminated community drinking water wells - cancer cluster
NEW YORK
Buffalo - Hickory Woods homes on coke waste from steelmaking operations
Dobbs Ferry - Mercy College Landfill on Hudson River adjacent homes
Endicot - Old Village of Endicott Dump neighborhood
Haverstraw - Warren Court subdivision
Hogansburg - St. Regis Reservation adjacent to General Motors Dump
Irondequoit - Lighthouse Pointe homes on top of former Rochester City Dump
New York City
Manhattan - World Trade Center built on landfill - cancers cluster
Bronx - Pelham Bay - Pelham Park neighborhood - leukemia and Hodgkin’s disease
Bronx - Throgs Neck - Ferry Point Park neighborhood
Bronx - Adlai Stevenson High School and surrounding neighborhood - cancer cluster
Battery Park City - 92-acre landfill and adjacent to World Trade Center
East New York - Spring Creek homes
Rikers Island - Rikers Island Prison
Staten Island - Fresh Kills Landfill and Brookfield Landfill surrounding neighborhoods - cancer cluster
Niagara Falls - Forest Glen Mobile Homes
Orchard Park - Barrington Heights subdivision built by Ryan Homes
Otego - Otego Landfill adjacent homes - cancers and birth defects
Vestal - Stewart Trailer Park
Long Island, New York
- three aquifers are sole source of Long Island fresh drinking water -
Hempstead - Merrick Landfill
North Hempstead - Port Washington Landfill
Oyster Bay - Old Bethpage Landfill, and Syosset Landfill
East Hampton - Montauk Landfill, East Hampton Landfill
Hauppauge, Town Of Islip - Islip Municipal Sanitary Landfill aka Blydenburgh Road Landfill
East Northport - Northport Veterans Administration Medical Center Landfill
Southampton - North Sea Municipal Landfill
Upton - Brookhaven, RCA Rocky Point, Heins, Pine Road Ecology and Yaphank dumps
OHIO
Garfield Heights - City View Shopping Center neighborhood - brain cancers and other illnesses
Tiffin - Tiffin Dump nearby residents - cancer cluster
Wright-Patterson AFB (outside of Dayton) military housing built adjacent to closed landfill in 1973
PENNSYLVANIA
Norristown - Forrest Avenue and West Elm Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
TENNESSEE
Dickson - Eno Road - TCE in drinking water wells - cancers, stomach polyps, ADHD
Toone - Velsicol Chemical Company Landfill nearby residents - cancers and other illnesses
TEXAS
Houston - Kennedy Heights neighborhood - cancers, lupus, birth defects
Southbend subdivision - miscarriages and birth defects
Acres Homes subdivision - cancer cluster
UTAH
Spanish Fork - Spanish Fork Ranch subdivision - cancer cluster
VERMONT
Springfield - Springfield Mobile Estates
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach - Lake Archway subdivision
WASHINGTON
Seattle - Gas Works Park on Lake Union
Lake Washington - Quendall Terminal condominiums formerly Reilley Tar and Chemical Company refinery
Bellingham - Boulevard Park
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Spring Valley - Homes and American University on unexploded ordnance and chemical waste dumps.
CALIFORNIA
Alameda County
Oakland - Verdese Carter Park neighborhood
Contra Costa County
Hercules - Bayside Village
Fresno County
Fresno Sanitary Landfill - neighborhood between Jensen, West, North, and Marks avenues
Los Angeles County
Calabasas - Saratoga Hills subdivision
North Hollywood - California Laurel homes developed by Kaufman and Broad
Monrovia - Tropi-Cal Mobile Estates
Monterey Park/Montebello - neighborhoods adjacent to closed Operating Industries Landfill
Palos Verdes - Homes near South Coast Botanic Garden and Ernie Howlett Park.
Pomona - Walnut Hills Mobile Home Park and Pomona Islander Mobile Home Park
Santa Monica - Mountain View Mobile Home Park
Wilmington - Imperial Mobile Estates
Marin County
Fairfax - Oak Manor Drive - cancer cluster
Mendocino County
Laytonville - North Road - cancers, respiratory illness
Monterey County
Casanova Oak Knoll - cancer cluster
Orange County
Fullerton - Los Coyotes Country Club neighborhood
Huntington Beach - Edison Community Park neighborhood - cancer cluster
Magnolia Street and Pacific Coast Highway neighborhood
Bolsa Chica condominiums by Mola Development Corp.
Orange - Goldenrod Lane and Crest de Ville homes
Rancho Margarita - Rancho Santa Margarita homes adjacent to former Trabuco Bombing Range
Yorba Linda - Kellogg Terrace condominiums
San Diego County
San Diego - Del Sur "green" community built on WWII bombing range
San Marcos - Elfin Forest neighborhood
Santa Barbara County
Goleta - Tajiguas Landfill on Calle Real adjacent neighborhoods
Santa Maria - Unocal Orcutt Tank Farm under homes on Palomino Drive
Solvang - Ballard Canyon Landfill adjacent homes
Solano County
Benecia - Southampton subdivisions
Ventura County
Camarillo - Via Pacheco and Paseo Montelena neighborhood
Oxnard - Oxnard Dunes subdivision, River Ridge subdivision, California Cove subdivision
Simi - Larwin Homes on Currier Avenue
CONNECTICUT
Hamden - Newhall Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
Southington - Black Pond neighborhood - cancer cluster
FLORIDA
Land O'Lakes - Suncoast Meadows Homes
Miramar (near Fort Lauderdale) - Hampshire Homes
Orlando - Vista Lakes built on WWII bombing range with live ordnance
Plant City - Park Road and U.S. 92 neighborhood cancer cluster
Seffner - homes near Taylor Road, Department of Transportation, and Hillsborough Heights landfills
Plant City - Park Road and U.S. 92 neighborhood - cancer cluster
Seffner - homes near Taylor Road, Department of Transportation, and Hillsborough Heights landfills
IDAHO
Moreland - neighborhood adjacent to abandoned Moreland Dump - cancer cluster
ILLINOIS
Chicago - Altgeld Gardens - cancers, lung and heart ailments, birth defects, miscarriages
Hillside - Homes next to Congress Development Company Dumpsite
LOUISIANA
New Orleans - Golden Plaza homes and Moton Elementary School - cancer cluster
Shreveport - Anderson Island homes - cancers, lupus
MAINE
Fairfield - Middle Road neighborhood - cancer cluster
Wells - Indian Trail subdivision
MARYLAND
Accokeek (southeast of Washington D.C.) - Manning Village by Ryan Homes
Baltimore - Annapolis Road homes and neighborhood park
MASSACHUSETTS
Ashland - Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Attleboro - Shpack Dump and Attleboro Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Berkley - Cranberry Crossing - cancer cluster
Billerica - Iron Horse Park neighborhood - cancer cluster
Northampton - Glendale Road Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Norton (Chartley section) - Shpack Dump and Attleboro Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Pittsfield - Newell Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
Wilmington - Kelly Hill neighborhood - cancers, Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia
Woburn - Industri Plex, W.R. Grace and J.J. Riley Tannery Dumps - cancer cluster
MICHIGAN
Gaines Township, Genesee County
Swartz Creek - cancer cluster
Rochester Hills - Homes near Six Star Landfill (180 acres)
MISSOURI
Weldon Spring - Weldon Spring Park, formerly a radioactive dump - childhood leukemia
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Atkinson - Providence Hill neighborhood - cancer cluster
Gilford - Liberty Hill Road - cancer cluster
NEW JERSEY
North Wildwood - The Tides At Seaboard Point developed by K. Hovnanian Companies
Pitman - Alcyon Lake - adults who attended camp by Alcyon Lake - cancer cluster
Ringwood - neighborhood near Ringwood Landfill, Peters Mine - cancers cluster
Sayreville - Sayreville Landfill II, and Sayreville Landfill III surrounding neighborhoods - cancer cluster
South Amboy - O’Leary Boulevard homes
Toms River - Ciba-Geigy Chemical Dump contaminated community drinking water wells - cancer cluster
NEW YORK
Buffalo - Hickory Woods homes on coke waste from steelmaking operations
Dobbs Ferry - Mercy College Landfill on Hudson River adjacent homes
Endicot - Old Village of Endicott Dump neighborhood
Haverstraw - Warren Court subdivision
Hogansburg - St. Regis Reservation adjacent to General Motors Dump
Irondequoit - Lighthouse Pointe homes on top of former Rochester City Dump
New York City
Manhattan - World Trade Center built on landfill - cancers cluster
Bronx - Pelham Bay - Pelham Park neighborhood - leukemia and Hodgkin’s disease
Bronx - Throgs Neck - Ferry Point Park neighborhood
Bronx - Adlai Stevenson High School and surrounding neighborhood - cancer cluster
Battery Park City - 92-acre landfill and adjacent to World Trade Center
East New York - Spring Creek homes
Rikers Island - Rikers Island Prison
Staten Island - Fresh Kills Landfill and Brookfield Landfill surrounding neighborhoods - cancer cluster
Niagara Falls - Forest Glen Mobile Homes
Orchard Park - Barrington Heights subdivision built by Ryan Homes
Otego - Otego Landfill adjacent homes - cancers and birth defects
Vestal - Stewart Trailer Park
Long Island, New York
- three aquifers are sole source of Long Island fresh drinking water -
Hempstead - Merrick Landfill
North Hempstead - Port Washington Landfill
Oyster Bay - Old Bethpage Landfill, and Syosset Landfill
East Hampton - Montauk Landfill, East Hampton Landfill
Hauppauge, Town Of Islip - Islip Municipal Sanitary Landfill aka Blydenburgh Road Landfill
East Northport - Northport Veterans Administration Medical Center Landfill
Southampton - North Sea Municipal Landfill
Upton - Brookhaven, RCA Rocky Point, Heins, Pine Road Ecology and Yaphank dumps
OHIO
Garfield Heights - City View Shopping Center neighborhood - brain cancers and other illnesses
Tiffin - Tiffin Dump nearby residents - cancer cluster
Wright-Patterson AFB (outside of Dayton) military housing built adjacent to closed landfill in 1973
PENNSYLVANIA
Norristown - Forrest Avenue and West Elm Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
TENNESSEE
Dickson - Eno Road - TCE in drinking water wells - cancers, stomach polyps, ADHD
Toone - Velsicol Chemical Company Landfill nearby residents - cancers and other illnesses
TEXAS
Houston - Kennedy Heights neighborhood - cancers, lupus, birth defects
Southbend subdivision - miscarriages and birth defects
Acres Homes subdivision - cancer cluster
UTAH
Spanish Fork - Spanish Fork Ranch subdivision - cancer cluster
VERMONT
Springfield - Springfield Mobile Estates
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach - Lake Archway subdivision
WASHINGTON
Seattle - Gas Works Park on Lake Union
Lake Washington - Quendall Terminal condominiums formerly Reilley Tar and Chemical Company refinery
Bellingham - Boulevard Park
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Spring Valley - Homes and American University on unexploded ordnance and chemical waste dumps.
Schools On Dumps Across America
Children continue to attend schools on or adjacent to closed dumps even though most old dumpsites contain carcinogenic chemicals and highly flammable, highly explosive landfill gases.
reported cancer clusters are noted after school name
ALASKA
Sitka
Verstovia School
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Phoenix Indian School
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles County
Alhambra
Martha Baldwin Elementary School, 900 S. Almansor St.
San Gabriel High School, 801 Ramona St.
Avocado Heights
Valley High School, 14162 Lomitas Ave.
Azusa
Victor F. Hodge Elementary School, 700 W. 11th St.
Bellflower
Ernie Pyle Elementary School, 14500 S. Woodruff Ave.
Brentwood
Brentwood School, 100 S. Barrington Pl.
Carson
Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School, 16223 S. Haskins Ln.
Towne Avenue Elementary School, 18924 Towne Ave. - cancer cluster
Claremont
Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College
Compton
Bunche Middle School, 12338 Mona Blvd.
Caldwell Street Elementary School, 2300 W. Caldwell St.
Clinton Elementary School, 6500 E. Compton Blvd.
Dominguez High School, 15301 San Jose Ave.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 2508 E. 133rd St.
Whaley Middle School, 14401 S. Gibson Ave.
Cudahy
Park Avenue Elementary School, 8020 Park Ave.
Downey
Kirkwood Education Center, 11115 Pangborn Ave.
Glendora
Goddard Middle School, 859 E. Sierra Madre Ave.
Huntington Park
Huntington Park High School, 6020 Miles Ave.
Inglewood
La Tijera Elementary School, 1415 S. LaTijera Blvd.
La Puente
Saint Martha Elementary School, 444 N. Azusa Ave.
Damien High School, 2800 Damien Ave.
Lennox
Felton Elementary School, 10417 S. Felton Ave.
Long Beach
Westerly Elementary School, 2950 E. 29th St.
Los Angeles 90004
Virgil Junior High School, 152 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles 90011
Santee Education Complex, 1921 Maple Ave.
Los Angeles 90012
Ann Street Elementary School, 162 Bloom St.
Los Angeles 90023
Euclid Avenue Elementary School, 806 Euclid Ave.
Los Angeles 90031
Glen Alta Elementary School, 3410 Sierra St.
Los Angeles 90047
St. Francis X. Cabrini Elementary School, 1428 W. Imperial Hwy.
Los Angeles Southwest College, 1600 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles 90049
Berkeley Hall School, 16000 Mulholland Dr.
The Mirman School, 16180 Mulholland Dr.
Milken Community Middle School, 16190 Mulholland Dr.
Westland School, 16200 Mulholland Dr.
Los Angeles 90061
Vanguard Middle School, 13305 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles 90063
Belvedere Junior High School, 312 N. Record Ave.
Marianna Avenue Elementary School, 4215 E. Gleason St.
Los Angeles County
Rio Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Rd.
Saint Martha Elementary School, 420 N. Azusa Ave.
Lynwood
Vista High School, 11300 Wright Rd.
Montebello
Vail High School, 1230 S. Vail Ave.
Monterey Park
Hillcrest Elementary School, 795 Pepper St.
North Hollywood
Fair Avenue Elementary School, 6501 Fair Ave.
Sunshine Preschool, 7567 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
Norwalk
John H. Glenn High School, 13520 Shoemaker Ave.
Cora Hargitt Middle School, 12940 E. Foster Rd.
Norwalk Christian Elementary School, 11129 Pioneer Blvd.
Pacific Palisades
Seven Arrows Elementary School, 15240 La Cruz Dr.
Village School, 780 Swarthmore Ave.
Pacific Palisades Elementary School, 800 Via De La Paz
Corpus Christi School, 890 Toyopa Dr.
Paramount
Keppel Elementary School, 6630 Mark Keppel St.
Pasadena
William L. Blair High School, 1201 S. Marengo Ave.
Pomona
C. Joseph Barfield Elementary School, 2181 N. San Antonio Ave.
Rolling Hills Estates
Rancho Vista Elementary School, 4323 Palos Verdes Dr.
North Rolling Hills Country Day School, 26444 Crenshaw Blvd.
Santa Clarita
Bridgeport Elementary School, 23670 Newhall Ranch Rd.
Santa Fe Springs / Los Nietos
Saint Paul High School, 9635 Greenleaf Ave.
Santa Monica
Hill & Dale Preschool-Kindergarten, 1540 26th St.
Edison Elementary School, 2425 Kansas Ave.
South Gate
Tweedy Elementary School, 9515 Pinehurst Ave.
Sun Valley
Arminta Street Elementary School, 11530 Strathern St.
Richard E. Byrd Middle School, 8501 Arleta Ave. (next to Polytechnic High)
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, 12431 Roscoe Bl. - cancer cluster
Robert Lewis High School, 12508 Wicks St. (same campus as Polytechnic High)
Sun Valley Middle School, 7330 Bakman Ave.
Toluca Lake
Rio Vista Elementary School, 4243 Satsuma Ave.
Torrance
Casimir Middle School, 17220 Casimir Ave.
El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd.
Towers Street Elementary School, 5600 Towers St.
Walteria Elementary School, 24456 Madison St.
Van Nuys
Ulysses S. Grant High School, 13000 Oxnard St.
Sylvan Park Elementary School, 6238 Noble Ave.
West Covina
Las Palmas Middle School, 641 N. Lark Ellen Ave.
Rowland Avenue Elementary School, 1355 E. Rowland Ave.
Sunkist Elementary School (closed), 820 N. Phillips Ave.
Whittier
Lake Marie Elementary School, 10001 Carmenita Rd.
South Whittier Intermediate School, 13243 E. Los Nietos Rd.
Whittier College, 13406 E. Philadelphia St.
Wilmington
Los Angeles Harbor College, 1111 Figueroa Pl.
Wilmington Middle School, 1700 Gulf Ave.
Marin County
Corte Madera
Neil Cummins Elementary School
Fairfax
White Hill Junior High School
Larkspur
Children's Cottage Co-Op
Hall Middle School
Redwood High School
Mill Valley
Mill Valley Middle School
Novato
Hamilton Elementary School
North Bay Children's Center
Novato Charter School
Saint Vincent's School For Boys
Stinson Beach
Stinson School
Orange County
Anaheim
Mann Elementary School
Huntington Beach
Edison High School
La Palma
John F. Kennedy High School
San Juan Capistrano
Ambuehl Elementary School
Riverside County
Norco
John F. Kennedy Middle College High School
Riverside Community College
San Diego County
San Diego
Bell Middle School
Noah Webster Elementary School
Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Junior High School
Ventura County
Simi Valley
Mountain View Elementary School
CONNECTICUT
Hamden, New Haven County
Hamden Middle School - cancer cluster
Storrs
University of Connecticut
Stratford
Wooster Middle School
FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale
Meadowbrook Elementary School
Jacksonville
Jacksonville School on Hipps Road
IOWA
Des Moines
North High School
KANSAS
Hutchinson
Obee Elementary School
LOUISIANA
New Orleans
Moton Elementary School - cancer cluster
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Patterson Senior High School
Fort Meade
Manor View Elementary School
MASSACHUSETTS
Fairhaven
Hastings Middle School
North Adams
Drury High School
Pittsfield
Allendale Elementary School
MICHIGAN
Utica
Eppler Junior High School
Westland
Cooper Elementary School
MISSOURI
Maryland Heights
Pattonville High School
NEW JERSEY
Edison
Peppermint Tree Nursery School
NEW YORK
Elmira
Southside High School - cancer cluster
Endicott
Jennie F. Snapp Middle School
Islip
Whippoorwill School
New York City
Adlai Stevenson High School - cancer cluster
Lycee Francais de New York
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham
Duke University - Sarah P Duke Gardens, West Campus
OHIO
Marion
River Valley Middle/High School complex - cancer cluster
OREGON
Portland
Mill Park School
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Springfield Elementary-Middle School
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Howard High School
TEXAS
Austin
St. Stephen's School
Anderson High School
St. Joseph Rosewood School
Oak Springs School
Winn Elementary School
Corpus Christie
Cunningham Junior High School - cancer cluster
Houston
Weber Elementary School
VERMONT
Rutland, Rutland County
Rutland Town Elementary School - cancer cluster
VIRGINIA
Newport News
Booker T. Washington Middle School
WASHINGTON, D.C.
American University
Child Development Center
WEST VIRGINIA
Chafin Hollow, Chauncey, Logan County
Omar Elementary School - cancer cluster
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