Someone asked me about these today – so I thought I’d throw a few maps up here for readers that are curious about the location of natural hazards in San Francisco. Click on the map for a bigger view, and to be taken to the source of the map.
San Francisco Liquefaction Map
San Francisco Natural Hazards Map
My personal favorite, which is sort of a hazard because building a house on water is never a good idea, is a map of all of the creeks, marshes and landfill throughout historical San Francisco. This map is from the 1890′s. As with the others, click to see the map full size, and to see the source.
San Francisco Historical Creek Map
And finally – if you’re curious about the last little rumble you felt – check out this map which will show you the size and magnitude of the most recent earthquake.
San Francisco Recent Earthquakes
With all that said with the maps why do people pay 10 times the price of a house to live there. Hmmm…. somethinig in the water maybe or has all those earthquakes shook the sense out of people? I just have always found it unusual why it cost so much to live in California.
Well – here’s a few good reasons to live in California – there’s no hurricanes (I hear those happen several times a year out in Florida), no alligators, humidity is minimal, weather is mild year round, people are friendly, landmarks are beautiful, and we, as a State have the 7th largest economy in the world!
I won’t even get into the multitude of reasons to live in San Francisco. I don’t want to share our secrets with too many outsiders.
And I’ll take an occasional earthquake over having to sandbag my house and board up my windows or having to wrestle my dog away from a gator anyday!