Lahar hazards at Mombacho Volcano, Nicaragua
Open-File Report
2001-455
By: J. W. Vallance, S. P. Schilling, and G. Devoli
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Abstract
Mombacho volcano, at 1,350 meters, is situated on the shores of Lake Nicaragua and about 12 kilometers south of Granada, a city of about 90,000 inhabitants. Many more people live a few kilometers southeast of Granada in 'las Isletas de Granada and the nearby 'Peninsula de Aseses. These areas are formed of deposits of a large debris avalanche (a fast moving avalanche of rock and debris) from Mombacho. Several smaller towns with population, in the range of 5,000 to 12,000 inhabitants are to the northwest and the southwest of Mombacho volcano. Though the volcano has apparently not been active in historical time, or about the last 500 years, it has the potential to produce landslides and debris flows (watery flows of mud, rock, and debris -- also known as lahars when they occur on a volcano) that could inundate these nearby populated areas. -- Vallance, et.al., 2001
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Lahar hazards at Mombacho Volcano, Nicaragua |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2001-455 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr01455 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Vancouver, WA |
| Contributing office(s) | Cascades Volcano Observatory, Volcano Science Center |
| Description | Report: 14 p.; Plate: 34.63 x 40.63 inches |
| Country | Nicaragua |
| City | Granada |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Nicaragua;Mombacho Volcano |
| Datum | North American 1927 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator projection |
| Scale | 50000 |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |