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508 ERUPTION CLOUD HOT ROCKS ASH FALL LAVA FLOW LAHAR MUDFLOWS LANDSLIDE Are You Ready for An Eruption? MOUNT RAINIER IS AN ACTIVE VOLCANO Mount Rainier is much more than a mountain in the sky. Constructed of hundreds of lava flows, and capped by as much glacier ice as all other Cascade volcanoes combined, Rainier’s steep rubbly slopes and abundant water make it prone to landslides and lahars (volcanic mudflows), especially during eruptions. Lahars are the biggest hazards to the area. Scientists and emergency officials watch and warn. Do your part by being prepared. • Look at the map. Assess the hazards where you live, work, and commute. • Make a plan. Identify lahar evacuation routes and shelter above valley floors. • Assemble emergency supplies and a plan to reunite. • Share your plans with family, neighbors and friends. LIVE SAFELY NEAR MOUNT RAINIER STAY INFORMED: LISTEN TO OFFICIAL SOURCES • Emergency broadcasts. • Pierce County ALERT. • All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio. • 511 emergency travel information. • USGS Volcano Notification Service lists alert levels. • Outdoor sirens in some communities. WHEN A LAHAR WARNING IS ISSUED, MOVE OFF THE VALLEY FLOOR • Evacuate by vehicle or on foot to high ground 50 feet or more above the valley floor. • If you are safe from lahars and ash is falling, seek shelter in a building or vehicle. Ready. Set. Go! While an eruption or lahar might not happen in our lifetime, being prepared is our best defense. Get an evacuation map at the Pierce County website, below. For lahars, go to high ground above the valley floor quickly. GET YOUR EVACUATION MAP LOWER RISK HIGHER RISK Lahars (volcanic mudflows) travel down valleys from the volcano and can reach closest populated areas within one hour. Flanks of volcano are subject to all hazards. HAZARD ZONES Get More Information There are 5 active volcanoes in Washington State. Be prepared: Get more information and learn about volcano hazards that might affect your family. piercecountywa.org / activevolcano volcanoes.usgs.gov emd.wa.gov dnr.wa.gov MAP SIMPLIFIED FROM HOBLITT AND OTHERS, 1998, VOLCANO HAZARDS FROM MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 98-428 WASHINGTON MILITARY DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OTHER USEFUL LINKS FIND THIS INFORMATION AT THE PIERCE COUNTY WEBSITE BELOW. Eatonville Ashford Elbe Morton Randle McKenna Orting Graham Kapowsin Electron Enumclaw Buckley Fife Auburn Sumner Bonney Lake Carbonado Wilkeson Greenwater Packwood Alder Lake Riffe Lake Mud Mtn. Lake Lake Tapps Lake Kapowsin Howard A. Hanson Reservoir Paradise Sunrise NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY Longmire Puyallup Spanaway Lakewood Roy Tacoma Elevation 14,410 feet Mount Rainier 7 508 507 702 7 7 161 165 7 706 410 410 410 410 164 169 161 167 18 167 162 162 16 512 123 12 12 12 5 P u y a l l u p R i v e r C a r b o n R i v e r N i s q u a l l y R i v e r C o w l i t z R i v e r W h i t e R i v e r North 0 0 10 Miles 10 Km 0 1 DuPont Yelm G r e e n R i v e r D e sc h u t e s R i v e r M a s h e l R i v e r P U G E T S O U N D S o u t h P r a i r i e C r e e k 5 C i s p u s R i v e r O R V I L L E R d E KAPOWSIN HWY E O R T I N G K A P O W S I N H w y E O r v i l l e R d E 1 2 8 t h S t E MILITARY Rd SE Osceola 510 507
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ERUPTION CLOUD
HOT ROCKS
ASH FALL
LAVA FLOW LAHAR MUDFLOWS
LANDSLIDEAre You Ready for An Eruption?MOUNT RAINIER IS AN ACTIVE VOLCANO
Mount Rainier is much more than a mountain in the sky. Constructed of hundreds of lava flows, and capped by as much glacier ice as all other Cascade volcanoes combined, Rainier’s steep rubbly slopes and abundant water make it prone to landslides and lahars (volcanic mudflows), especially during eruptions. Lahars are the biggest hazards to the area. Scientists and emergency officials watch and warn. Do your part by being prepared.
• Look at the map. Assess the hazards where you live, work, and commute.• Make a plan. Identify lahar evacuation routes and shelter above valley floors.• Assemble emergency supplies and a plan to reunite. • Share your plans with family, neighbors and friends.
LIVE SAFELY NEAR MOUNT RAINIER
STAY INFORMED: LISTEN TO OFFICIAL SOURCES
• Emergency broadcasts.• Pierce County ALERT.• All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio.• 511 emergency travel information.• USGS Volcano Notification Service lists alert levels.• Outdoor sirens in some communities.
WHEN A LAHAR WARNING IS ISSUED, MOVE OFF THE VALLEY FLOOR
• Evacuate by vehicle or on foot to high ground 50 feet or more above the valley floor. • If you are safe from lahars and ash is falling, seek shelter in a building or vehicle.
Ready. Set. Go!
While an eruption or lahar might not happen in our lifetime,
being prepared is our best defense.
Get an evacuation map
at the Pierce County website,
below.
For lahars, go to high
ground above the valley floor
quickly.
GET YOUR EVACUATION
MAP
LOWER RISK HIGHER RISK
Lahars (volcanic mudflows) travel down valleys from the volcano and can reach closest populated areas within one hour.
Flanks of volcano are subject to all hazards.
HAZARD ZONES
Get More InformationThere are 5 active volcanoes in Washington State. Be prepared: Get more information and learn about volcano hazards that might affect your family.
piercecountywa.org/activevolcanovolcanoes.usgs.govemd.wa.gov
dnr.wa.gov
MAP SIMPLIFIED FROM HOBLITT AND OTHERS, 1998, VOLCANO HAZARDS FROM MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 98-428
WASHINGTON MILITARY DEPARTMENT
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OTHER USEFUL
LINKS
FIND THIS INFORMATION AT THE PIERCE COUNTY WEBSITE BELOW.
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