Site Report: Fort Abercrombie
| Site Name: | Fort Abercrombie |
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| Address: | Ft. Abercrombie State Pk., 4 Miles NE of Kodiak, Kodiak, AK 99615 |
| File Number: | 2601.38.087 |
| Hazard ID: | 3212 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Curtis Dunkin, 9072693053 curtis.dunkin@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 57.831472 |
| Longitude: | -152.354222 |
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Problems/Comments
Fort Abercrombie was established as a WWII coastal defense installation in June 1941 and contained 678 acres. The site was used as a coastal defense installation by the U.S. Army form 1941-1945 and included 25 Quonset huts, two 8-inch guns, three concrete bunkers and a searchlight. Current features include the war reserve magazine, three generator houses, searchlight bunker, distant electrical control pillboxes, a ready ammunition bunker, a spotting and plotting room, warehouses, the garrison area, a pump house at Gertrude Lake, and an observation platform. Possible sources of hazardous substances or petroleum contamination include areas where aboveground storage tanks, underground storage tanks, or drums were disposed of or kept on site. However no site records to document that such sources existed were available, and aerial photographs show no trace of tank excavations, drums, or other storage or disposal areas. CERCLIS ID AKFSN1002103, status no further action. FUDS F10AK0561.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 10/22/2002 | Site Added to Database | No contaminants found - START PA. | Debra Caillouet |
| 5/31/2005 | Update or Other Action | The Corps of Engineers called to check on the status of DEC review on a draft Inventory Project Report (INPR) for the site. The Corps proposed a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) project on the property due to petroleum contamination at a former generator building. DEC sent an email message back to the Corps asking whether munitions and explosives of concern have been adequately assessed, since the site had gun emplacements and magazines. | John Halverson |
| 6/14/2005 | Update or Other Action | File number issued 2601.38.087. | Aggie Blandford |
| 6/27/2008 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed. | Jeff Brownlee |
| 1/3/2023 | Update or Other Action | On 01/03/2023 DEC emailed USACE an request for additional site characterization at Fort Abercrombie FUDS site to address the following data gaps listed below: • The site investigation was performed on February 5, 1999. There was snow on the ground and soil staining and/or stressed vegetation could not be observed. • Gun emplacements and magazines may be present at the site. No survey or sampling for explosives, and metals were conducted. • Groundwater was not sampled. • The total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) result of 410 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) may exceed the EPA residential soil reference screening levels (RSLs) if analyzed for petroleum fractions (only TPH analyses were available for review). | Daniela Fawcett |
| 5/20/2024 | Site Visit | ADEC staff conducted three days of comprehensive site visits and inspections during the week of May 20, 2024 at the respective Buskin Beach and other Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak in conjunction with participating in the annual Project Delivery Team Planning meeting with stakeholders from ADEC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Natives of Kodiak, Inc. | Curtis Dunkin |
| 7/29/2024 | Site Visit | ADEC staff conducted three days of comprehensive site visits and inspections during the week of July 29, 2024 at the respective Kodiak Navy/Army and other Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak in conjunction with participating in the annual Project Delivery Team Planning meeting with stakeholders from ADEC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Natives of Kodiak, Inc. | Curtis Dunkin |
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