CRJ10 strayer week

Description

Risk Assessment of your National Park(lassen National park)

You will need to conduct research using credible scientific resources to identify the geologic hazards specific to your chosen park. Then, you will need to complete an analysis of how humans can mitigate, or limit the effects as much as possible, the effects these hazards have on people who may visit the park and/or people who live in the surrounding areas.

It is strongly recommended that you visit your specific national park page for some background information about hazards that occur at your park. Often, parks have current hazards listed at the top of the park webpage to warn tourists of any dangers the park poses, and any closures caused by hazards.

To help you with your research, an additional list of sources for certain geologic hazards is included below. Begin by researching your park and determining what hazards may affect the area. Then, use the sources below to build on your knowledge of potential hazards. Expand your research from here to give you a better view of the hazards your designated area faces.

Volcanic Hazards:

• http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
  • Interactive webpages that describe individual volcanic hazards for each volcano in the United States

Earthquake Hazards:

• http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/
  • Seismic data for earthquake events and historic data over seismically active regions

Wildfires:

• http://www.firelab.org/fmi/data-products/229-wildl…
  • Map of wildfire potential in the contiguous United States

Flood Hazards:

• https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home
  • Map archive of FEMA flood maps

Landslide/Mass Wasting Hazards:

• https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards
  • USGS landslide hazard program and monitoring
• • Map of landslide incidence and susceptibility in the contiguous United States

Coastal Hazards:

• https://coast.noaa.gov/floodexposure/#-10575352,44…
  • Interactive map of coastal flood risk
• http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1075/us.html
  • Map of coastal erosion of the contiguous United States
• https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/
  • Interactive sea level rise viewer that predicts coastal inundation from sea level rise at various heights
• https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#map=4/32/-80
  • Information about hurricanes past and present
• https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/hazards/
  • An up-to-date interactive map with tsunami risks and warnings for varying coastal regions

Severe Weather:

• https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/
  • Interactive map of annual severe thunderstorm watches/warnings and tornado watches/warnings and tracks
• https://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind-resource-maps.html
  • Information about wind speeds in the United States
• https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
  • Interactive drought monitoring map of the United States
• https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/winte…
  • Information about winter weather and its effects in the United States

1. What would you consider to be the biggest geologic hazard present in your topographic map area? Why? What are the long-term effects of this hazard to this area?
2. List and describe 2 other geologic hazards this area may have and the lasting effects those hazards have on this area.
3. What are some geologic hazards this area will NOT have to deal with? Why are these hazards low risk in this area?
4. Now that you know a little more about what hazards this area will likely have versus those it will likely not have, describe some ways damage to property and loss of human life may be prevented. For your main hazard, list at least 3 mitigation techniques that can be utilized, and list at least 1 mitigation technique for the other 2 geologic hazards.
5. People can not live in the national parks, but cities do build up around parks as national parks attract tourists. List the effects the geologic hazards will have on surrounding populated areas.
6. Remember that geologic hazards do not simply pose a threat of danger but may also cause large economic and personal losses. What might these losses look like to the surrounding areas of your national park?
7. Additionally, the aftereffects of geologic hazards may have long-term benefits to an area. For instance, a volcanic eruption can devastate an area, but products of an eruption may also fertilize soil making a volcano constructive as well as destructive. Do any of the geologic hazards listed for your national park have long-term benefits? If so, what are they? How might these benefits offset the immediate damages of the geologic hazard?