Map of railways through hazard zones of Mount Shasta, Medicine Lake volcano, and Lassen Volcanic Center in northern California

Northern California (regional), United States, 2019

Figure 26 in: Mangan, M., Ball, J., Wood, N., Jones, J.L., Peters, J., Abdollahian, N., Dinitz, L., Blankenheim, S., Fenton, J., & Pridmore, C. (2019). California’s exposure to volcanic hazards. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5159, v. 1.1, 49 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185159

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Mangan, M., Ball, J., Wood, N., Jones, J.L., Peters, J., Abdollahian, N., Dinitz, L., Blankenheim, S., Fenton, J., and Pridmore, C. (2019). California’s exposure to volcanic hazards. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5159, v. 1.1, 49 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185159
https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185159

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Map Data

Map ID	3573
Hazard Process(es)	Ballistics; Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs; Proximal hazards; Tephra fall; Vent-opening hazards
Hazard Zone Presentation	Grouped by location (e.g. proximal/distal zones) on a main map panel
Temporal Scale	Background, or long-term, map
Spatial Scale	Regional
Publication Format	Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)	Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) Considered	Source location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Hazard process name; Location or source name
Probability Definition(s)	No probability definition was discernable from the map
Purpose	Land-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
Audience	Land-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc.
Language(s)	English
Basemap(s)	Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)	Infrastructure map; Street map
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Categorical/Qualitative