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The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle has grown to be the state's second-largest since it began Monday. ... Texas fires map: Track wildfires as Smokehouse Creek blaze engulfs 500,000 acres.
Shaded relief map of the Llano Estacado. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.
The second-largest wildfire in U.S. history, and the largest in state history, is sweeping across the Texas Panhandle.
Hazard maps are created and used in conjunction with several natural disasters. [1] Different hazard maps have different uses. For instance, the hazard map created by the Rizal Geological Survey is used by Rizalian insurance agencies in order to properly adjust insurance for people living in hazardous areas. [2]
Escarpment formed by the Balcones Fault at Mount Bonnell Balcones Fault Trend and affected counties Geologic map of the Balcones, and the Mexia-Talco-Luling Fault Trends, where black lines are faults, the blue shaded area is the Claiborne Group, yellow is the Jackson Group, and tan is the Wilcox Group
According to PHIVOLCS, the eruption was phreatic in nature and had a shallow source, with the ash drifting northwest to the direction of Juban town. [20] While the PHIVOLCS did not raise the alert level 1 in the volcano, it advised residents not to enter the four-kilometer permanent danger zone and warned pilots not to fly near the volcano. [21]
See live map of Texas road conditions, closures as state sees freezing temps, rain. Gannett. Sarah Ann Dueñas, Austin American-Statesman. January 15, 2024 at 7:19 AM.
Huge landslide at La Conchita, 1995. A geologic hazard or geohazard is an adverse geologic condition capable of causing widespread damage or loss of property and life. [1] These hazards are geological and environmental conditions and involve long-term or short-term geological processes.