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Earth Fissure Study Area Maps:

Apache Junction Map

Chandler Heights Map

Toltec Buttes Map

Mesa Map

Scottsdale Map

 

GIS DATA:

Earth Fissure Map Shapefiles (DI-39 v. 08.13.08)

Earth Fissure Reports:

AZGS Earth Fissure Report, 2007 (OFR 08-02)

Arizona's Earth Fissure Mapping Program: Protocols, Procedures and Products (OFR-08-03)

AZGS Earth Fissure Report, 2006 (OFR 07-01)

Earth Fissure Planning Maps and Related Report (OFR 07-01):

1:250,000 scale map of Cochise County in .pdf ( .jpg )

1:250,000 scale map of Pima County in .pdf ( .jpg)

1:250,000 scale map of Pinal County in .pdf ( .jpg)

1:250,000 scale map of Maricopa County in .pdf ( .jpg )

AZGS Earth Fissure Report, 2006 (OFR 07-01)

( To purchase hard copies of the above PLANNING MAPS visit us at the AZGS Bookstore at 416 W. Congress, Suite 100. Tucson, AZ. or call 520.770.3500.  Hard copies of the maps are available in Phoenix at the Department of Mines and Mineral Resources at 1502 W. Washington. )

Earth Fissure Brochure:

AZGS Earth Fissure Brochure 2008

Misc. Earth Fissure Downloads:

USGS Circular 1182: Land Subsidence in the United States: South-Central Arizona

Bibliography of AZGS Publications on Earth Fissures

June 1, 2004 AZGS Press Release announcing June 4 release of earth fissure planning maps

Reactiviation of Chandler Heights Y-crack fissure 7.21.07

2006 GeoTimes: Earth Fissures in Arizona

December 2007 ALSG Report: Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures in Arizona (AZGS CR-07-C)

Some Earth Fissure Links:

Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) - Arizona Section

Arizona Land Subsidence Group

International Land Subsidence Database

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