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Indiana Significant Incidents and Mileage Overview

The report below provides details and incident history for the pipeline systems in the state of Indiana.

The incidents reported below are limited to Significant Incidents (A) over the period 1999 to 2008 only. Each year and selected column totals provide links to focused reports showing the causes of the corresponding incidents.

The data sources for this report are the PHMSA Filtered Incident Files (1) (2) (3) and several pipeline mileage data sources as described below.

All mileages are for the year 2008 and are approximate as some data sources may not contain a complete record of state pipeline mileage for the year 2008.

See State Significant Incident Detail Listing for more information about each Significant Incident in Indiana

Where appropriate, the table columns can be sorted by clicking the corresponding column header.

Indiana Pipeline Safety Regulatory Fact Sheet

More Pipeline Incidents and Mileage Reports are available.

Important Update: As of October 2009, these reports were modified to exclude Gas Distribution incidents where fire/explosion was the primary cause of failure, such as a house fire that subsequently resulted in - but was not caused by - a distribution line failure (B)
Pipeline Mileage Overview
Pipeline SystemMileage
Hazardous liquid line mileage 3,470
Gas transmission line mileage 5,101
Gas Gathering line mileage 12
Gas distribution mileage ( 1,958,098 total services (C)) 39,586
Total pipeline mileage 48,169
Export Table

Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana All Pipeline Systems: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 6 0 4 $2,040,355 4,514 1,442
2000 6 0 1 $786,536 11 11
2001 1 0 0 $9,521 75 0
2002 4 0 0 $2,128,464 123 5
2003 6 1 0 $1,725,921 1,630 821
2004 5 2 3 $3,068,112 0 0
2005 9 2 3 $2,017,727 310 110
2006 3 2 2 $3,303,749 0 0
2007 3 0 1 $2,246,446 700 84
2008 4 0 0 $520,000 266 6
Totals 47 7 14 $17,846,834 7,630 2,480
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 3 1 1 $2,023,399 322 30
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 5 1 2 $2,231,207 256 40
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 5 1 1 $1,784,684 763 248
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 5 1 1 $1,784,684 763 248
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Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Hazardous Liquid: 1999-2008
Year Number Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 4 0 1 $1,885,029 4,514 1,442
2000 1 0 0 $17,052 11 11
2001 1 0 0 $9,521 75 0
2002 1 0 0 $99,533 123 5
2003 2 0 0 $148,078 1,630 821
2004 1 0 0 $102,274 0 0
2005 2 0 0 $115,821 310 110
2006 1 0 0 $207,022 0 0
2007 2 0 0 $2,219,497 700 84
2008 2 0 0 $205,000 266 6
Totals 17 0 1 $5,008,831 7,630 2,480
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 2 0 0 $877,174 322 30
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 2 0 0 $569,923 256 40
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 2 0 0 $500,883 763 248
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 2 0 0 $500,883 763 248
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Indiana Hazardous Liquid Onshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 4 0 1 $1,885,029 4,514 1,442
2000 1 0 0 $17,052 11 11
2001 1 0 0 $9,521 75 0
2002 1 0 0 $99,533 123 5
2003 2 0 0 $148,078 1,630 821
2004 1 0 0 $102,274 0 0
2005 2 0 0 $115,821 310 110
2006 1 0 0 $207,022 0 0
2007 2 0 0 $2,219,497 700 84
2008 2 0 0 $205,000 266 6
Totals 17 0 1 $5,008,831 7,630 2,480
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 2 0 0 $877,174 322 30
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 2 0 0 $569,923 256 40
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 2 0 0 $500,883 763 248
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 2 0 0 $500,883 763 248
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Indiana Hazardous Liquid Offshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2002 1 0 0 $99,533 123 5
2003 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 $0 0 0
Totals 1 0 0 $99,533 123 5
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $9,953 12 1
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $9,953 12 1
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Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Gas Transmission: 1999-2008
Year Number Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 2 0 0 $207,134
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 2 0 0 $1,619,617
2003 2 0 0 $996,747
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 2 0 1 $475,184
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 8 0 1 $3,298,683
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $95,037
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 1 0 0 $329,868
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 1 0 0 $329,868
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Indiana Gas Transmission Onshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 2 0 0 $207,134
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 2 0 0 $1,619,617
2003 2 0 0 $996,747
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 2 0 1 $475,184
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 8 0 1 $3,298,683
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $95,037
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 1 0 0 $329,868
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 1 0 0 $329,868
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Indiana Gas Transmission Offshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 0 0 0 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 0 0 0 $0
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 0 0 0 $0
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 0 0 0 $0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0
Export Table

Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Gas Gathering: 1999-2008
Year Number Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 0 0 0 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 0 0 0 $0
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 0 0 0 $0
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 0 0 0 $0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0
Export Table

Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Gas Distribution: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 2 0 3 $155,325
2000 3 0 1 $562,350
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 1 0 0 $409,313
2003 2 1 0 $581,095
2004 4 2 3 $2,965,837
2005 5 2 2 $1,426,722
2006 2 2 2 $3,096,726
2007 1 0 1 $26,948
2008 2 0 0 $315,000
Totals 22 7 12 $9,539,320
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 2 1 1 $1,146,225
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 3 1 2 $1,566,247
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 2 1 1 $953,932
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 2 1 1 $953,932
Export Table

Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana All Pipeline Systems: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 3 0 4 $797,751 285 185
2000 1 0 1 $0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2003 1 1 0 $80,547 0 0
2004 2 2 3 $1,709,334 0 0
2005 3 2 3 $192,501 0 0
2006 1 2 2 $955,294 0 0
2007 1 0 1 $26,948 0 0
2008 0 0 0 $0 0 0
Totals 12 7 14 $3,762,377 285 185
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 1 1 1 $327,414 0 0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 1 1 2 $576,816 0 0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 1 1 1 $376,238 29 19
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 1 1 1 $376,238 29 19
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Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Hazardous Liquid: 1999-2008
Year Number Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 1 0 1 $642,426 285 185
2000 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 $0 0 0
Totals 1 0 1 $642,426 285 185
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $64,243 29 19
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $64,243 29 19
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Indiana Hazardous Liquid Onshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 1 0 1 $642,426 285 185
2000 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 $0 0 0
Totals 1 0 1 $642,426 285 185
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $64,243 29 19
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $64,243 29 19
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Indiana Hazardous Liquid Offshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E) Gross Barrels Lost Net Barrels Lost (F)
1999 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 $0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 $0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 $0 0 0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0 0 0
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Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Gas Transmission: 1999-2008
Year Number Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 0 0 0 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 0 0 0 $0
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 1 0 1 $0
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 1 0 1 $0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0
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Indiana Gas Transmission Onshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 0 0 0 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 0 0 0 $0
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 1 0 1 $0
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 1 0 1 $0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0
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Indiana Gas Transmission Offshore: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 0 0 0 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 0 0 0 $0
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 0 0 0 $0
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 0 0 0 $0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0
Export Table

Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Gas Gathering: 1999-2008
Year Number Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 0 0 0 $0
2000 0 0 0 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 0 0 0 $0
2004 0 0 0 $0
2005 0 0 0 $0
2006 0 0 0 $0
2007 0 0 0 $0
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 0 0 0 $0
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 0 0 0 $0
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 0 0 0 $0
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 0 0 0 $0
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 0 0 0 $0
Export Table

Note: Significant incidents include all serious incidents.

Indiana Gas Distribution: 1999-2008
Year Number (B) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage (D) (E)
1999 2 0 3 $155,325
2000 1 0 1 $0
2001 0 0 0 $0
2002 0 0 0 $0
2003 1 1 0 $80,547
2004 2 2 3 $1,709,334
2005 2 2 2 $192,501
2006 1 2 2 $955,294
2007 1 0 1 $26,948
2008 0 0 0 $0
Totals 10 7 12 $3,119,951
3 Year Average (2006-2008) 1 1 1 $327,414
5 Year Average (2004-2008) 1 1 2 $576,816
10 Year Average (1999-2008) 1 1 1 $311,995
20 Year Average (1989-2008) 1 1 1 $311,995
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Transmission Mileage by Commodity
Commodity Pipeline Miles %
Anhydrous Ammonia 170 1.9%
Crude Oil 347 3.9%
Empty Liquid 13 0.1%
Hydrogen Gas 14 0.1%
Highly Volatile Liquid 448 5.1%
Liquid Petroleum Gas 155 1.7%
Natural Gas 5,032 57.2%
Nitrogen 268 3.0%
Refined Products 2,337 26.6%
Totals 8,783 100%
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Transmission Mileage by County
County Gas Miles Liquid Miles %
Adams 113 30 1.6%
Allen 98 3 1.1%
Bartholomew 81 20 1.1%
Benton 40 0 0.4%
Blackford 18 13 0.3%
Boone 29 104 1.5%
Brown 32 0 0.3%
Carroll 0 9 0.1%
Cass 43 25 0.7%
Clark 15 0 0.1%
Clay 29 30 0.6%
Clinton 17 47 0.7%
Crawford 36 0 0.4%
Daviess 1 17 0.2%
De Kalb 48 20 0.7%
Dearborn 84 0 0.9%
Decatur 10 10 0.2%
Delaware 146 72 2.4%
Dubois 100 46 1.6%
Elkhart 117 27 1.6%
Fayette 9 0 0.1%
Floyd 0 8 0.0%
Fountain 2 0 0.0%
Franklin 31 14 0.5%
Fulton 39 29 0.7%
Gibson 65 150 2.4%
Grant 72 24 1.1%
Greene 40 23 0.7%
Hamilton 173 121 3.3%
Hancock 50 0 0.5%
Harrison 9 15 0.2%
Hendricks 147 178 3.7%
Henry 68 0 0.7%
Howard 0 15 0.1%
Huntington 23 63 0.9%
Jackson 62 59 1.3%
Jasper 59 47 1.2%
Jay 92 96 2.1%
Jefferson 19 0 0.2%
Jennings 13 13 0.3%
Johnson 48 19 0.7%
Knox 131 94 2.5%
Kosciusko 31 0 0.3%
La Porte 174 135 3.5%
Lagrange 51 7 0.6%
Lake 217 477 7.9%
Lawrence 138 0 1.5%
Madison 125 71 2.2%
Marion 151 81 2.6%
Marshall 46 0 0.5%
Martin 0 16 0.1%
Miami 13 22 0.4%
Monroe 39 0 0.4%
Montgomery 39 40 0.9%
Morgan 55 9 0.7%
Newton 0 11 0.1%
Noble 24 19 0.4%
Ohio 18 0 0.2%
Orange 110 70 2.0%
Owen 44 25 0.7%
Parke 117 98 2.4%
Perry 18 0 0.2%
Pike 79 35 1.3%
Porter 182 114 3.3%
Posey 50 86 1.5%
Pulaski 79 4 0.9%
Putnam 104 110 2.4%
Randolph 104 0 1.1%
Ripley 20 21 0.4%
Shelby 89 7 1.1%
Spencer 98 13 1.2%
St. Joseph 123 76 2.2%
Starke 34 18 0.5%
Steuben 50 0 0.5%
Sullivan 73 42 1.3%
Switzerland 39 0 0.4%
Tippecanoe 60 41 1.1%
Tipton 24 38 0.7%
Vanderburgh 65 14 0.9%
Vermillion 56 17 0.8%
Vigo 88 138 2.5%
Wabash 19 34 0.6%
Warrick 65 41 1.2%
Washington 8 27 0.4%
Wayne 20 0 0.2%
Wells 99 28 1.4%
White 10 43 0.6%
Whitley 21 0 0.2%
Totals 5,309 3,469 100%
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Notes

  1. Significant Incidents are those incidents reported by pipeline operators with any of the following conditions are met: 1) fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization. 2) $50,000 or more in total costs, measured in 1984 dollars. 3) highly volatile liquid releases of 5 barrels or more or other liquid releases of 50 barrels or more. 4) liquid releases resulting in an unintentional fire or explosion. Note: Significant Incidents include all Serious Incidents. Unless otherwise noted, any counts of Significant Incidents also include Serious Incidents.
  2. Gas Distribution incidents where fire/explosion was the primary cause of failure, such as a house fire that subsequently resulted in - but was not caused by - a distribution line failure are excluded from 2004 onward. This exclusion has not been applied in years prior to 2004 due to difficulty in identifying these types of events with the older report formats.
  3. Gas distribution service lines (the connection between the distribution line and the end user) are not included in the Gas distribution mileage. The total number of such services is provided.
  4. The costs for incidents prior to 2008 are presented in 2008 dollars. Cost of Gas lost is indexed via the Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas City Gate Prices. All other costs are adjusted via the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Government Printing Office inflation values.
  5. For years 2002 and later, property damage is estimated as the sum of all public and private costs reported in the 30-day incident report. For years prior to 2002, accident report forms did not include a breakdown of public and private costs so property damage for these years is the reported total property damage field in the report. All costs prior to 2008 are expressed in 2008 dollars.
  6. Net Barrels Lost applies only to Liquid incidents and is the difference between Gross Barrels Spilled and Barrels Recovered.

Sources

  1. PHMSA Hazardous Liquid Flagged Incidents File - October 14, 2009
  2. PHMSA Gas Transmission Flagged Incidents File - October 14, 2009
  3. PHMSA Gas Distribution Flagged Incidents File - October 14, 2009
  4. Pipeline transmission mileage derived from the National Pipeline Mapping System - Feb 27, 2009
  5. Calendar year 2008 Gas Transmission Annual Report from pipeline operators. - October 19, 2008
  6. Calendar year 2008 Gas Distribution Annual Report from pipeline operators. - October 19, 2008

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