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Volcano Hazards in the Mount Hood Region, Oregon

Hood, United States, 1997

Plate Of1997 in: Scott, W.E., Pierson, T., Schilling, S.P., Costa, J., Gardner, C., Vallance, J.W. & Major, J. (1997). Volcano hazards in the Mount Hood region, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 97-89, 14 p., 1 map. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9789



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Map Data

Map ID597
Hazard Process(es)Ballistics; Debris avalanches; Lahars; Lateral or directed blasts; Lava flows; PDCs; Sedimentation or erosion; Surges; Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationGrouped by location (e.g. proximal/distal zones) on a main map and series of insets
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatPoster-style map insert in hazard assessment
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history; Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)DAMBRK (Fread 1984; Wetmore & Fread 1991); Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983); HYDRAUX (Hansen 1987; DeLong & Schoellhamer 1989); Unnamed empirical area-volume relationship (Iverson et al. 1998; Dade & Huppert 1998; Calder et al. 1999); Unnamed tephra model [Hoblitt et al. (1987); Hoblitt & Scott (2011)] (Hoblitt et al. 1987; Hoblitt & Scott 2011)
Scenario(s) ConsideredAnalog volcano(es); Duration or timing; Size, VEI, or intensity; Source location or direction; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)Hazard process name; Location or source name; Numeric probability; Scenario name
Probability Definition(s)Annual numeric probability; Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low); Recurrence interval
PurposeMultiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management
AudienceMultiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Contour lines
Basemap overlay(s)Administrative boundaries (e.g. county, park, intl.); Infrastructure map; Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeCategorical/Qualitative
Volcanic Alert Level System
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