Click on any county to see its total production of bituminous or anthracite coal.
The data displayed on this map were collected in approximately 2015. The coal production in each county is the total amount of surface and underground production. There are no counties that produce both anthracite and bituminous coal, though there are many that produce no coal at all.
County | Surface Production | Underground Production | Total Production | |
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Highest Bituminous | Greene County | 267,232 | 36,695,601 | 36,962,833 |
Highest Anthracite | Schuylkill County | 3,970,527 | 27,599 | 3,998,126 |
Lowest Bituminous | Huntingdon County | 8,534 | 0 | 8,534 |
Lowest Anthracite | Dauphin County | 2,129 | 0 | 2,129 |
Data source: US Dept. of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
US maps source: Esri, Inc..
PA map source: PA Spatial Data Access.
Map and webpage created by: Jillian Hannigan, Spring 2015.
Modifications by: Dr. Geiger, 2016, 2022.