Hazard zones for debris flows, lahars, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows from Mount Rainier
Rainier, United States, 2008
Page 3 in: Driedger, C.L. & Scott, W.E. (2008). Mount Rainier: living safely with a volcano in your backyard. U.S. Geological Survey, Fact Sheet 2008-3062, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20083062
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Map Data
Map ID 1396 Hazard Process(es) Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs; Sedimentation or erosion Hazard Zone Presentation Hazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are separated by hazard process type on a main map panel Temporal Scale Background, or long-term, map Spatial Scale Volcano and surrounding area Publication Format Map in a booklet, longer fact-sheet, handbook, or guidebook Zonation Method(s) Derived/simplified from another map Zonation Model(s) Scenario(s) Considered Size, VEI, or intensity; Specific past eruption; Style or type Hazard Zone Label(s) Hazard process name; Scenario name Probability Definition(s) No probability definition was discernable from the map Purpose Hazard awareness: Intended for educating the audience about the extent and probability of volcanic hazard Audience General public and/or media Language(s) English Basemap(s) Hillshade Basemap overlay(s) Street map Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Red to Green