Welcome to the Portland Harbor Superfund Site Interim Data Portal!

This website provides public access to view and download analytical data and reports associated with environmental studies of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. All data sets and associated reports available through this website have been approved by EPA to use in designing future cleanup actions for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. The Portland Harbor Superfund Site includes the lower Willamette River near Portland, Oregon, from river mile 1.9 to river mile 11.8. When available, reports associated with data collection and analysis may also be viewed and downloaded for each study. Additional data sets will be added to this site as they become available. EPA is continuing to explore more comprehensive approaches for managing and displaying data for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site.

Click on the links for the studies listed below to access data sets available for download. The 'Search' box can be used to filter the list of data sets, and clicking on the column headers will re-order the list.

Year Study Authors Sample types Measurements Spatial extent Date range
2009 Portland Harbor 2009 Bathymetry Data - GIS Files CDM Smith NA GIS Files NA 2009
2009 Field and Data Report Downtown Portland Sediment Characterization, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon (Phase I) GSI Water Solutions, Inc. Surface and Subsurface Sediment Samples Metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), alkylated PAHs,polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) aroclors, semivolatile organic compounds (SVOC), totalpetroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) (as diesel- and oil-range petroleum hydrocarbons, withsilica gel treatment), phenols, pesticides, and butyltins. Select samples also wereanalyzed for dioxins and furans. Conventional parameters also were analyzed at each station: grain size, total solids, andtotal organic carbon (TOC). PP&R sediment samples were analyzed for metals, PAHs, SVOCs, pesticides, PCBaroclors, EPH/VPH, and butyltins. The following conventional parameters also wereanalyzed at select stations: grain size, total solids, TOC, total sulfide, and ammonia asnitrogen. WILLAMETTE RIVER, PORTLAND, OREGONWILLAMETTE RIVER, PORTLAND, OREGON. River Mile (RM) 12 to 16 May 2008 - June 2008
2010 Field and Data Report, Downtown Portland Sediment Characterization Phase II GSI and Hart-Crowser Surface and Subsurface Sediment Samples Focus Area specific target COC's; PCBs, dioxins/furans, metals, pentachlorophenol (PCP), PAH's, butyltins, TPH, grain-size, sulfides, ammonia, and pesticides WILLAMETTE RIVER PORTLAND, OREGON. River Mile (RM) 12 to 16. February 2010 - March 2010
2012 Portland Harbor 2011 Baseline Smallmouth Bass Tissue Study Field Sampling Report and PH Fish Data Final Report GSI and Tetra Tech Smallmouth Bass Fish Tissue PCB following SOW SOM01.2 and EPA Method 1668C. Lipids following SOW SOM01.2 and EPA Method 1668C 0.2 RM on the east and west banks of the Portland Harbor (RM 1.9 to RM 11.8) as wellas several samples collected for reference from RM 1 (downstream), Multnomah Channel(MC; downstream), and RM 16 (upstream). Additional reference location added by USACE and EPA; between RM 16W and RM 17W. September 2011 - June 2012
2013 2012 Smallmouth Bass Tissue Study, Data Report Kennedy/Jenks Whole-body smallmouth bass fish tissue All samples were analyzed for polychorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lipids by EPA Method 1668C, and for moisture content by Axys Standard Operating Procedure (SLA-015). For the purposes of this evaluation, the Study Area includes tissue samples collected between RM 1.9 and RM 11.8, inclusive. The RM classifications presented herein are designated as follows: RM 1.5 up to RM 2.5 = "RM 2", RM 2.5 up to RM 3.5="RM 3", etc. Samples collected from RM 10.5 through RM 12.0 were designated as "RM 11”. August - September, 2012
2014 Characterization of the Lower Willamette River with Sediment Profile Imaging: Changes in Space & Time Germano & Associates, Inc. NA NA Willamette River Mile (RM) 3 to RM 13 July 2014
2014 Final Supplemental Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Field Sampling and Data Report, River Mile 11 East, Portland, Oregon GSI Water Solutions, Inc. Bank Debris, Groundwater, Sediment Trap, Soil, Subsurface Sediment, Surface Sediment Total Solids, Grain Size Distribution, Total and Dissolved Metals, Total and Dissolved Mercury, PCBs, Organochlorine Pesticides, SVOCs, NWTPH-Dx, NWTPH-Gx, PCDD/Fs, Turbidity, Chloride and Sulfate, Conductivity, Iron, Bicarbonate and Carbonate, pH, Total and Dissolved Organic Carbon, Hardness, VOCs RM11E, WILLAMETTE RIVER, PORTLAND, OREGON. (RM) 10.91 and RM 11.6 along the east bank of the Willamette River and includes Area of Potential Concern (AOPC) 25) and the riverbank area to the top of the bank. October 2013 - May 2014
2014 Field and Data Report, River Mile 6 East, Focused Sediment Chacterization GSI Water Solutions, Inc., Portland, OR Sediment PAH RM 6E May 2014
2015 The Nature and Sources of PAH in Sediments in the Vicinity of the Former ExxonMobil Terminal 2014 Investigation NewFields Sediment PAH RM 1.9 to RM 11.8 June 2015
2015 Final Porewater Characterization Report - Appendix G Data File SEE, LLC; DOF; GSI Water Solutions, Inc. Sediment Total Solids (TS), Grain Size, TOC and black carbon, PCB congeners, PCB Aroclors RM 10.9 to RM 11.6 along the east bank of the Willamette River May 2014 to September 2015
2016 Approximate Remediation Area for Selected Remedy - GIS Files CDM Smith NA GIS Files NA 2016
2016 Collection of RI/FS related documents including RI and FS databases Various Sediment Consists of 787 total analytes Willamette River (RM 0 - 22) June 1997 - April 2013
2016 Sediment Sampling Data Report Swan Island Lagoon Portland, Oregon GeoSyntec Sediment PCBs/Aroclors, Total Organic Carbon, Grain Size Swan Island Lagoon, River Mile 8 to 9 March 2016
2017 Stratified Random Sample Design Features for Portland Harbor CDM Smith, Inc. NA Geodatabase NA 2017
2018 Approximate Remediation Area for ESD - GIS Files CDM Smith
2018 Willamette River, Oregon River Mile 1.9 to 11.8 Hydrographic Survey (2018 Portland Harbor Bathymetry Data) David Evans and Associates, Inc. NA NA Willamette River Mile (RM) 1.9 to RM 11.8 March 2018 - July 2018
2018 2018 Swan Island Lagoon Sediment Sampling Data Pacific Groundwater Group, Daimler Trucks North America
2018 2018 Swan Island Lagoon Phase 1b Sediment Sampling Data Pacific Groundwater Group, Daimler Trucks North America
2018 2018 Swan Island Lagoon Sediment Data February 4, 2022 Data file Pacific Groundwater Group, Daimler Trucks North America
2018 Final Field and Data Report, Upriver Reach Sediment Characterization (URSC), Lower Willamette River GSI Water Solutions, Inc. and HartCrowser Sediment PCB congeners (EPA Method 1668C), Metals (EPA Method 6020A), Mercury (EPA Method 7471B), PAHs (EPA Method 8270D), Diesel-Range Petroleum Hydrocarbons (NWTPH-Dx), Organochlorine Pesticides (EPA Method 1699M), Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) (EPA Method 1613B), Select Phenols and Phthalates (EPA Method 8270D), Total Solids (Puget Sound Estuary Protocol), Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (Puget Sound Estuary Protocol), Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) (EPA Method 8270C-SIM), and Condensed Grain Size (ASTM D422M). It should be noted that Organochlorine Pesticides (EPA Method 1699M) cannot be determined in the data set. Organochlorine Pesticides are identified in the associated data file (UpriverSedCharData.xlsx) under the "lab_anl_method_name" ALS SOP which may specifically address Organochlorine Pesticides analysis under EPA Method 1699M. This would need to be verifed with the ALS laboratory in Kelso, Washington. Upriver Reach, Lower Willamette River, River Mile (RM) 16.6 and extending to Willamette Falls at approximately RM26, West and East shore. November 2017 - December 2017
2018 October 2018 Swan Island Lagoon Sediment Sampling Data Pacific Groundwater Group, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) Sediment PCB Congeners, PAHs, TOCs, DDD, DDE, DDT, DDX, Pesticides, Solids Swan Island Lagoon October 2018
2019 Port of Portland Terminal 4 Pre-Remedial Design Investigation Data File and Appendix D Lab Reports Anchor QEA, LLC on behalf of Port of Portland Sediment PCB Congener, PCB Aroclors, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Dioxin Furans, Pesticides RM 4.1 - RM 4.6 April - October 2019
2019 Siltronics 2019 Lab Data Apex Labs et al Sediment Alkylated PAHs, Herbicides, SVOCs, Diesel, Oil Hydrocarbons, Metals, Dioxins and Furans, Pesticides, PCB Congeners River Mile 6.55 to 6.9 October - November 2019
2019 Portland Harbor Site Features - GIS Files CDM Smith NA NA NA 2019
2019 2018-2019 PDI/Baseline Sampling Data Portland Harbor Pre-RD Water, Solids, Soil, Tissue, Air, Sediment, Groundwater, Surface Water PCB Congeners, DDx, Dioxin/Furan, PAHs, Chlordanes, BaP TEQ RM 1.9 - RM 28.3 2018-2019
2019 2019 Siltronic Sediment Data Siltronics, Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc Sediment PCB Congeners, PAHs, PCDDs, Metals, Insecticides, Hydrocarbons, TOCs NA October 2019
2020 Pre-RD Final QAPP, FSPs, DQMP and Other docs AECOM and Geosyntec Fish Tissue, Water, Sediment DDT, DDx, PCBs, PAHs, Dioxin, Furan RM 1.9 - RM 11.8 2016-2020
2020 BP B1a Remedial Design Project Area Data Report Hart-Crowser Surface and Subsurface Sediment PAHs, PCBs, DDx, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF, TOC RM 5 2019
2020 DEQ 2019 Upriver Reach Orphan Sampling Hart-Crowser Surface sediment Organochlorine pesticides, select semivolatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs by selected ion monitoring), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), total metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (as congeners), dioxin/furans, diesel and lube‐range hydrocarbons, cyanide, total organic carbon (TOC), and grain size distribution Lower Willamette River RM 16 to 16.5E and RM 19.4 to 19.7W 2019
2020 Willamette Cove Hydrographic Survey Solmar Hydro, GSI NA NA RM 6 to RM7 2020
2021 Sample Data and Additional Screening Criteria for the FS - GIS Files CDM Smith NA GIS Files NA 2021
2021 Program Data Management Plan, Portland Harbor Design Investigation US EPA NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A. Introduction. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A1ab. Surface Sediment. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A1c. Surface Sediment. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A1d. Surface Sediment Downtown Upriver. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A2. Sediment Core. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A3. Sediment Trap. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A4. Surface Water. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A5. Fish Tissue. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Appendix A6. Background Porewater. Lab and Data Validation Reports for PDI Database AECOM and Geosyntec NA NA NA 2021
2021 Portland Harbor Interim Database (PHIDB) Design Summary GeoEngineers and Integral
2022 Portland Harbor Flood Rise Model and Memo USACE, US EPA, City of Portland Hydrodynamic model Flood Rise impacts Willamette River 2022
2022 Portland Harbor Climate Change Model and Memo USGS, EPA Hydrodynamic model Climate change resiliency Columbia and Willamette Rivers 2022