A fresh earth fissure ripping through a fallow farm field south of Apache Generating Station, Cochise County (pnoto from 17 Aug. 2021). White arrows demarcate the path of the fissure. Heavy monsoon rains in summer 2021 reactivated a number of earth fissure in the Willcox Playa area. Fissures encroaching on roads caused the temporary closure of several roads in the area. For more information on the impact of monsoon rains 2021 on earth fissures in Cochise County, see Joe Cook's blog post: https://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2021-08/2021-monsoon-rains-reactivate...
Photographer: Joseph Cook
Photo Date: August 2021
Photo Location Accuracy: Approximately Located
Photo Tags: earth fissure, cochise county, Willcox Playa, geohazard, subsidence, groundwater 
