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Reference Site Location

 

The Cornfield Shoals Disposal Site (CSDS) is located 3.3 nmi (6.1 km) south of Cornfield Point in Old Saybrook, CT. It is a 1 nmiČ site centered at 41° 12.680' N, 72° 21.520' W (NAD 83). It is the only dredged material disposal site managed as a dispersive site. At a dispersive site, unlike a containment site, dredged material disposed at the site is expected to be transported out of the area. Since 1982, 911,000 yd3 of dredged material, mostly sand, have been disposed of at the site.The predominant topographic features are a smooth, sandy bottom and bedforms oriented in an east-west direction.

 

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Annual Disposal Volumes
Bathymetry

 

Relevant DAMOS Reports:
No. 110: Bathymetric and Subbottom Survey at the Cornfield Shoals Disposal Site, July 8, 1994 (executive summary available)
No. 106: Monitoring Cruise at the Cornfield Shoals Disposal Site, August 1992 (executive summary available)
No. 105: Synthesis of the Monitoring at the Cornfield Shoals Disposal Site, July 1991 to May 1992 (executive summary available)
No. 90: Monitoring Cruise at the Cornfield Shoals Disposal Site, July 1990
No. 70: Bathymetric Survey at the Cornfield Shoals Disposal Site, July 1987 DAMOS Annual Data Report, 1978