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How many miles of shoreline were polluted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Fireboat response crews attempt to extinguish the blaze aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, April 21, 2010.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in the pollution of an estimated 1,100 miles (1,770 km) of shoreline across the Gulf of Mexico.1
The contamination affected the coastlines of several states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Cleanup efforts were extensive, involving the manual removal of oil from beaches and the challenging task of addressing contamination in sensitive marshes and estuaries.1