OF 93-4

Subsidence in Las Vegas Valley, 1980-1991--Final project report, by John W. Bell and Jonathan G. Price, 1992.

Includes the following plates, which may be ordered separately:

  1. Las Vegas Valley geology;
  2. Subsidence-related faults and fissures of Las Vegas Valley;
  3. Fissure hazard zones and buffer zones around faults;
  4. Subsidence in Las Vegas Valley, 1963 through 1986/87;
  5. Global positioning system (GPS) benchmarks, Las Vegas Valley;
  6. Collapsible soil potential;
  7. Net decline in water levels, principal aquifers, predevelopment through 1990;
  8. Net water level changes in wells that penetrate the principal aquifer system, early 1980 through early 1990;
  9. Soil survey of Las Vegas Valley.
See also OF01-4 and OF01-5

Plates available on the Web.

Open-File Report 93-4, 181 pages and nine 44x33" color plates, 1:62,500 scale , $175.00