STS-107 Investigation

STS-107 Investigation Search Area

Below is a listing of states and counties that are located to the west of where the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up. These counties may contain materials that came off the shuttle before the breakup occurred, which could be important to the accident investigation. Anyone in these counties who finds suspected shuttle debris should contact their local law enforcement authorities and leave the piece where they find it.
California Alpine Amador Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa El Dorado Lake Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Mono Napa Nevada Placer Sacramento San Joaquin Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tuolumne Yolo Yuba	Nevada Carson Churchill Douglas Esmeralda Eureka Lander Lincoln Lyon Mineral Nye White Pine	Utah Beaver Garfield Iron Kane Piute San Juan Washington Wayne	Arizona Apache Coconino Mojave Navajo	New Mexico Bernalillo Cibola Curry DeBaca Guadalupe McKinley Mora Quay Rio Arriba Roosevelt San Juan San Miguel Sandoval Santa Fe Torrance Valencia
Texas (west of U.S. 281)
Archer Bailey Baylor Briscoe Callahan Castro Cochran Cottle Crosby Deaf Smith Dickens Eastland Erath Fisher Floyd	Foard Garza Hale Haskell Hockley Jack Jones Kent King Knox Lamb Lubbock Lynn Motley Palo Pinto	Parmer Shackelford Stonewall Stephens Swisher Throckmorton Young