Those of us living in the Phoenix Valley, are well aware of the fissures running throughout various parts of our valley. The Arizona Geological Society has just completed updated maps from April showing new fissures in Queen Creek in Maricopa and Pinal County. I've included a link "here" for access to the new map. Queen Creek is located in the southeast valley and straddles both county lines.
For an indepth story on these newly discovered fissures, I've provided a link to the story provided by the
East Valley Tribune just today. An excerpt taken out of the Tribune is quoted below to explain to buyers, sellers, Realtors, just "what" a fissure is.
Home buyers need to be especially cautious when purchasing in this area. I've included a link to the Arizona Geological Society Fissure site "here" for Mesa, Chandler Heights, and Scottsdale, etc. Be sure to check it out.
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Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.382-8711 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit my website: HomesAzRE.com, or stop by my blogs at: MesaAzRealEstateVoice and AzLadyInRed!
We here in Texas Teri have problems with ground shifting and cracking our foundations but this sounds very serious in the Phoenix area as well. A fissure sounds a lot bigger than ground shifting. Caution to all buyers in this area.
Gary, you're so right. I just saw this today, and wanted to get the information out there for buyers to proceed with caution. ;-)
Teri
The geography of your state so interesting, diverse, and fascinating.
Sincerely
Tom Braatz
Well Tom, you need to come for a visit. We live in a beautiful state. ;-)
That's a great graphic, Teri. You DO find the best illustrations! I don't know if we deal with fissues in the Sierra as I hear more about homes built on top of abandoned mines and people suddenly falling through a giant hole to the center of the earth.
Elizabeth, isn't it fun? I love it!!! This fissure situation has really come to the forefront since 2004 when building was so crazy in Queen Creek.....now they've updated the report they came out with in April of this year.....;-)
Hi Teri - Thankfully this is one thing we don't have to be worried about out here in MASS :) I can see why you would want to know this when planning on where to buy out in Arizona...good info :)
Bill, yes, and especially since this has been updated from April of this year. ;-)
Teri... I had no idea that you had Fissures, thanks for the link to the article. In Central Florida we have sink holes that are very random...
Debbie, Arizona has lots of good stuff...last year a horse disappeared or fell into one of the fissures that just opened up.....we have sink holes here too! ;-)
How's the rain in your area? Florida seems to be getting its fair share of water. ;-)