Dugway Proving Ground Installation Restoration Program GIS
1
Dugway Proving Ground
Installation Restoration Program GIS
Software Documentation and Training Materials
PAUL T. CEDFELDT, JOEL D. SCHLAGEL, AND DAVID C. FINNEGAN
1
DPG INSTALLATION RESTORATION PROGRAM GIS
(DPG-GIS)
At the request of Dugway Proving Ground's Installation Restoration
Program, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold
Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (ERDC-CRREL) has developed
a Geographic Information System (GIS) for management and analysis of envi-
ronmental remediation efforts. Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is the nation's
primary chemical and biological defense testing facility and is located on
798,855 acres in the Great Salt Lake Desert, approximately 85 miles southwest
of Salt Lake City, Utah. Surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges, the
proving ground's terrain varies from level salt flats to scattered sand dunes
and rugged mountains.
DPG was activated on March 1, 1942. Shortly thereafter, military weapons
testing commenced under the Technical Division of the U.S. Chemical Corps.
There are 21 test ranges at the proving ground. Numerous chemical munitions
and microorganisms were tested during the 1940s and 1950s. Large-scale con-
ventional munitions testing was also conducted at the ranges until the late 1970s.
Historical waste disposal practices have generated possible contamination at 205
Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) and at an additional 41 Hazardous
Waste Management Units (HWMUs) that ceased operation after 1980. From a
regulatory perspective, contaminants of concern are agents (HD, L, VX, GB, BZ,
GD), agent breakdown products, caustics, solvents, metals, volatiles, pesticides,
PCBs, and POLs.
Many sites located in the test ranges are being investigated by the Installation
Restoration Program. The large volume of data being generated for these projects
by various engineering consultants and other contractors lends itself to the use of
Previous Page
