A world map shows nitrate mining locations marked by orange circles with "N." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Major clusters are in the U S (western states), Mexico, and northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Nitrate Mines | 2.00 - 3.32 | 1.00 - 1.99 | 0.50 - 0.99 | 0.20 - 0.49 | -0.20 - 0.19 | -0.50 - -0.21 | Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (70 m) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Utah | 4 | 100% | ||||||
Idaho | 2 | 30.5% | 69.5% | |||||
Washington | 2.39% | 97.6% | ||||||
Wyoming | 1 | 6.13% | 93.6% | 0.230% | ||||
Montana | 2 | 63.9% | 36.1% | |||||
North Dakota | 100% | |||||||
Kentucky | 86.2% | 13.8% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | |||||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | |||||||
West Virginia | 100% | |||||||
Nebraska | 82.6% | 17.4% | ||||||
Missouri | 1 | 100% | ||||||
Hawaii | 34.1% | 58.8% | 4.53% | 2.60% | ||||
Oregon | 3 | 88.9% | 11.1% | |||||
New Mexico | 1 | 100% | ||||||
Kansas | 100% | |||||||
Wisconsin | 70.5% | 29.5% | ||||||
British Columbia | 1.15% | 81.1% | 17.7% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.686% | 99.3% | ||||||
Michigan | 10.0% | 89.8% | 0.176% | |||||
Alberta | 6.57% | 93.4% | ||||||
Colorado | 49.6% | 50.4% | ||||||
Nevada | 1 | 100% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 0.983% | 99.0% | ||||||
Tennessee | 85.6% | 14.4% | ||||||
South Dakota | 8.47% | 91.5% | ||||||
Ohio | 95.8% | 4.15% | ||||||
Indiana | 18.9% | 81.1% | ||||||
Minnesota | 0.274% | 99.7% | ||||||
Iowa | 66.0% | 34.0% | ||||||
Illinois | 100% | |||||||
Alaska | 24.6% | 72.6% | 2.77% | 0.255% | ||||
Arizona | 2 | 100% | 0.242% | |||||
Yukon | 79.4% | 20.6% | 0.684% | |||||
Northwest Territories | 4.84% | 42.9% | 20.4% | 31.8% | 0.108% | |||
District of Columbia | 100% | 77.4% | ||||||
Florida | 100% | 98.1% | ||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 6.12% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 100% | 48.0% | ||||||
Vermont | 100% | 4.19% | ||||||
Nunavut | 3.69% | 51.1% | 28.0% | 12.9% | 4.37% | 0.364% | ||
Maine | 0.185% | 99.8% | 14.3% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 1.60% | 98.4% | 17.9% | |||||
Virginia | 100% | 21.7% | ||||||
Delaware | 100% | 97.2% | ||||||
Mississippi | 81.5% | 18.5% | 32.2% | |||||
Texas | 6 | 50.8% | 49.2% | 11.0% | ||||
Louisiana | 48.7% | 51.3% | 87.7% | |||||
North Carolina | 100% | 41.0% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 100% | 20.2% | ||||||
Alabama | 100% | 25.8% | ||||||
New Jersey | 100% | 68.4% | ||||||
South Carolina | 100% | 49.2% | ||||||
Connecticut | 100% | 10.5% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 100% | 0.839% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 100% | 37.7% | ||||||
Georgia | 100% | 30.7% | ||||||
New York | 100% | 0.347% | ||||||
Maryland | 100% | 53.3% | ||||||
Québec | 2.67% | 97.3% | 1.53% | |||||
Manitoba | 100% | 7.86% | ||||||
Ontario | 17.5% | 36.6% | 45.9% | 8.71% | ||||
California | 3 | 100% | 1.65% | |||||
Arkansas | 100% | 31.1% | ||||||
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