Map of Mount Rainier volcano and adjacent area.

Rainier, United States, 1989

Figure 18 in: Crandell, D.R. (1989). Gigantic debris avalanche of Pleistocene age from ancestral Mount Shasta Volcano, California, and debris-avalanche hazard zonation. U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1861, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/b1861

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Map Set

Crandell, D.R. (1989). Gigantic debris avalanche of Pleistocene age from ancestral Mount Shasta Volcano, California, and debris-avalanche hazard zonation. U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1861, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/b1861
https://doi.org/10.3133/b1861

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Map Data

Map ID	642
Hazard Process(es)	Debris avalanches
Hazard Zone Presentation	Single hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal Scale	Background, or long-term, map
Spatial Scale	Volcano and surrounding area
Publication Format	Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)	Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)	Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983)
Scenario(s) Considered	Analog volcano(es); Size, VEI, or intensity
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Scenario name
Probability Definition(s)	No probability definition was discernable from the map
Purpose	Multiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management
Audience	Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)	English
Basemap(s)	Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Symbols and/or lines only
Volcanic Alert Level System

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