WHAT'S IN THE GROUND
IN BINGHAM PARK?
The items above are "antique" trash found in the creek in Bingham Park.
These items were thrown away decades ago by Greensboro residents,
hauled away and burned in the incinerator that used to stand at Bingham Park,
and were then buried in the ground.
The land at Bingham Park is hilly and uneven
because of the layers and layers of trash in the ground.
There are high levels of lead in the soil at Bingham Park.
In the map below, each circle is a place where soil scientists dug deep into the ground.
The purple circles show levels of lead in the soil located near the surface (0 to 5 feet under the surface.)
The red circles show levels of lead deeper in the soil, from 5 to 10 feet under the surface.
Larger circles mean higher concentrations of lead.
The places with the larger purple circles are the spots where
there are higher concentrations of lead closer to the surface.
There are approximately 5 million cubic feet of waste in Bingham Park,
covering 11 acres of land at an average depth of 10.5 feet.
In the map below, each circle has a purple number and a red number.
The purple number means how far down you have to dig before you hit the waste.
The red number means how deep down in the ground the waste goes.
For example, at the circle WT-49 (about the middle of the park),
the numbers are 1 and 27.
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That means that you only have to dig down 1 foot to hit waste,
and the waste is 27 feet thick at that point.
These maps were created by scientists working with the NC Department of Environmental Quality.
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They dug in the soil in March and April of 2022 to make these measurements.
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This information, along with water samples, are the reasons that
these warning signs were posted in the park in 2022.
If you would like more information about metals and
semi-volatile organic compounds in the soil at Bingham Park,
please click on this link for environmental studies of the park.