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Geologic Hazards

Aside from drought and flooding, natural disasters that affect large numbers of people seem to be infrequent in New Mexico. In part, this is because our population density is so low away from urban areas. However, we are still subject to many geologic hazards, including:

Chaco wash

Arroyos

Arsenic map

Arsenic

Collapsible soil subsidence

Collapsible Soils

Gold King mine spill

Contamination

seismometer helicorder plot

Earthquakes

landslide

Mass-wasting

Bell Mine shaft

Mine Hazards

pumpjack in SJB

Oil-Field Hazards

226Rn

Radon

JWS sinkhole

Sinkholes

Yellowcake

Uranium Legacy

lava flow over road

Volcanic Eruptions