Chaos Map - Trace causes and consequences

February 1692–May 1693 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Salem Witch TrialsSalem Witch Trials Memorial and surviving court landscape, United States

August–November 1793 Epidemics & public healthThe Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793Old City waterfront and former Dock Creek district, United States

16 December 1811–7 February 1812 Natural disastersThe 1811–1812 New Madrid EarthquakesNew Madrid seismic zone and Mississippi River landscape, United States

21 August–11 November 1831 Political unrestNat Turner's Rebellion and the Southampton ReprisalsSouthampton County courthouse and rebellion landscape, United States

16–17 December 1835 FiresThe Great New York Fire of 1835Hanover Square and the burned commercial district, United States

7–11 September 1857 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Mountain Meadows MassacreMountain Meadows massacre and memorial landscape, United States

27 April 1865 Transportation & maritimeThe Sultana Steamboat DisasterMississippi River explosion site north of Memphis, United States

1–3 May 1866 Political unrestThe Memphis Massacre of 1866South Memphis freedpeople's neighborhoods and Fort Pickering area, United States

30 April 1871 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Camp Grant MassacreFormer Camp Grant and Aravaipa Apache camp landscape, United States

8–10 October 1871 FiresThe Great Chicago FireDeKoven Street origin site and citywide burn district, United States

8 October 1871 FiresThe Peshtigo FirePeshtigo community and river refuge landscape, United States

24 October 1871 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Los Angeles Chinese Massacre of 1871Calle de los Negros and old Chinatown, represented at El Pueblo, United States

25–26 June 1876 Military eventsThe Battle of the Little BighornLittle Bighorn battlefield and Indian village landscape, United States

16 July–August 1877 Social movementsThe Great Railroad Strike of 1877Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Martinsburg shops, United States

31 May 1889 Engineering failuresThe Johnstown FloodSouth Fork Dam ruins and Conemaugh Valley flood path, United States

29 December 1890 Military eventsThe Wounded Knee MassacreWounded Knee Creek massacre and burial landscape, United States

1 July–21 November 1892 Social movementsThe Homestead Steel StrikeFormer Homestead Steel Works riverfront, United States

11 May–July 1894 Social movementsThe Pullman Strike and National Rail BoycottPullman factory and company-town district, United States

10 November 1898 Political unrestThe Wilmington Massacre and Coup of 1898Daily Record site and Wilmington coup landscape, United States

6 March 1900–11 December 1902 Epidemics & public healthThe First San Francisco Plague Epidemic and Chinatown QuarantineSan Francisco Chinatown, represented at Portsmouth Square, United States

8 September 1900 Natural disastersThe 1900 Galveston HurricaneGalveston Island storm-surge and raised-city landscape, United States

30 December 1903 FiresThe Iroquois Theatre FireFormer Iroquois Theatre at 24–28 West Randolph Street, United States

7–8 February 1904 FiresThe Great Baltimore FireHopkins Place ignition area and downtown burn district, United States

15 June 1904 Transportation & maritimeThe General Slocum Steamboat DisasterEast River route and North Brother Island wreck area, United States

30 August 1904 Internet culture & public spectacleThe Strange 1904 Olympic MarathonFrancis Field and the marathon course through St. Louis County, United States

18–21 April 1906 Natural disastersThe 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and FiresSan Francisco and the San Andreas Fault rupture zone, United States

6 December 1907 Engineering failuresThe Monongah Mine DisasterMonongah Nos. 6 and 8 mine portals and memorial landscape, United States

1 October 1910 Historic crimes & investigationsThe 1910 Los Angeles Times BombingFormer Los Angeles Times Building at First Street and Broadway, United States

25 March 1911 FiresThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireThe Asch Building, now NYU’s Brown Building, United States

7–12 November 1913 Natural disastersThe Great Lakes Storm of 1913Lake Huron shipwreck field and wider Great Lakes storm area, United States

20 April 1914 Social movementsThe Ludlow MassacreLudlow Tent Colony National Historic Landmark, United States

24 July 1915 Transportation & maritimeThe Eastland DisasterChicago River wharf between Clark and LaSalle Streets, United States

22 July 1916 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Preparedness Day Bombing and the Mooney CaseWest side of Steuart Street just south of Market Street, United States

30 July 1916 Military eventsThe Black Tom ExplosionBlack Tom munitions terminal, now part of Liberty State Park, United States

28 September 1918 Epidemics & public healthThe Philadelphia Liberty Loan Parade and InfluenzaBroad Street parade route through central Philadelphia, United States

15 January 1919 Engineering failuresThe Great Boston Molasses FloodFormer Purity Distilling tank site on Commercial Street, United States

27 July–3 August 1919 Political unrestThe Chicago Race Riot of 191929th Street beach and the South Side conflict area, United States

16 September 1920 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Wall Street Bombing23 Wall Street at the corner of Broad Street, United States

31 May–1 June 1921 Political unrestThe Tulsa Race MassacreGreenwood Historic District massacre landscape, United States

25 August–2 September 1921 Social movementsThe Battle of Blair MountainBlair Mountain battlefield, United States

28 January 1922 Engineering failuresThe Knickerbocker Theatre CollapseFormer Knickerbocker Theatre site at 18th Street and Columbia Road, United States

1–7 January 1923 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Rosewood MassacreFormer Rosewood community and massacre landscape, United States

15 April–August 1927 Natural disastersThe Great Mississippi Flood of 1927Mounds Landing levee breach and lower Mississippi floodplain, United States

12–13 March 1928 Engineering failuresThe St. Francis Dam DisasterSt. Francis Dam ruins in San Francisquito Canyon, United States

16 September 1928 Natural disastersThe 1928 Okeechobee HurricaneLake Okeechobee south-shore flood and burial landscape, United States

10 March 1933 Natural disastersThe 1933 Long Beach EarthquakeOffshore Newport–Inglewood Fault epicenter south of Huntington Beach, United States

5 July 1934 Social movementsBloody Thursday and the 1934 San Francisco General StrikeFormer maritime union headquarters at Mission and Steuart Streets, United States

18 March 1937 Engineering failuresThe New London School ExplosionLondon School campus and memorial, United States

28 November 1942 FiresThe Cocoanut Grove FireFormer Cocoanut Grove nightclub site in Bay Village, United States

3–8 June 1943 Political unrestThe 1943 Zoot Suit RiotsDowntown Los Angeles theater district, represented at Pershing Square, United States

6 July 1944 FiresThe Hartford Circus FireRingling Brothers circus lot on Barbour Street, United States

17 July 1944 Military eventsThe Port Chicago Explosion, Refusal, and ExonerationPort Chicago Naval Magazine explosion pier and national memorial, United States

16–17 April 1947 Engineering failuresThe Texas City DisasterPort of Texas City ammonium-nitrate explosion area, United States

July 1947 Unresolved phenomenaThe Roswell IncidentFoster Ranch debris field north of Roswell, United States

5 August 1949 FiresThe Mann Gulch FireMann Gulch wildfire and smokejumper escape route, United States

12 April–May 1955 Epidemics & public healthThe Cutter Polio Vaccine IncidentFormer Cutter Laboratories vaccine plant, United States

1 December 1958 FiresThe Our Lady of the Angels School FireOur Lady of the Angels School site, United States

17 August 1959 Natural disastersThe Hebgen Lake Earthquake and Madison Canyon SlideMadison Canyon landslide and Earthquake Lake, United States

May 1962 Engineering failuresThe Centralia Mine FireCentralia underground mine-fire and former town area, United States

15 September 1963 Historic crimes & investigationsThe 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing16th Street Baptist Church, United States

27 March 1964 Natural disastersThe 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and TsunamiPrince William Sound rupture zone and south-central Alaska, United States

21 June 1964 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Freedom Summer MurdersMount Zion Church and Neshoba County murder landscape, United States

7 March 1965 Social movementsBloody Sunday in SelmaEdmund Pettus Bridge and Selma-to-Montgomery Trail, United States

11–17 August 1965 Political unrestThe 1965 Watts UprisingArrest site at Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street, United States

23–28 July 1967 Political unrestThe Detroit Rebellion of 196712th Street uprising area and former Economy Printing building, United States

12 February–16 April 1968 Social movementsThe Memphis Sanitation Workers' StrikeClayborn Temple and downtown march landscape, United States

28 June–3 July 1969 Social movementsThe Stonewall UprisingStonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and surrounding Greenwich Village streets, United States

20 November 1969–11 June 1971 Social movementsThe Indigenous Occupation of AlcatrazAlcatraz Island, United States

6 December 1969 Internet culture & public spectacleThe Altamont Free ConcertAltamont Speedway concert site, United States

4 May 1970 Political unrestThe Kent State ShootingsKent State Commons and Blanket Hill shooting site, United States

29 August 1970 Social movementsThe National Chicano Moratorium of 1970Laguna Park, now Ruben F. Salazar Park, United States

9–13 September 1971 Political unrestThe Attica Prison UprisingAttica Correctional Facility, United States

26 February 1972 Engineering failuresThe Buffalo Creek FloodBuffalo Creek coal-waste dam and downstream valley, United States

27 February–8 May 1973 Political unrestThe Occupation of Wounded KneeWounded Knee community occupation area, United States

21 July–August 1976 Epidemics & public healthThe 1976 Legionnaires' Disease OutbreakBellevue-Stratford Hotel convention site, United States

2 August 1978–1980 Epidemics & public healthThe Love Canal Toxic-Waste CrisisLove Canal containment area and former 99th Street School, United States

27 November 1978 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey MilkSan Francisco City Hall, United States

28 March–2 April 1979 Engineering failuresThe Three Mile Island Nuclear AccidentThree Mile Island Unit 2 reactor, United States

18 May 1980 Natural disastersThe 1980 Eruption of Mount St. HelensMount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, United States

21 November 1980 FiresThe MGM Grand Hotel FireFormer MGM Grand, now Horseshoe Las Vegas, United States

17 July 1981 Engineering failuresThe Hyatt Regency Walkway CollapseHyatt Regency Kansas City atrium, United States

29 September–October 1982 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Chicago Tylenol MurdersChicago metropolitan poisoning and investigation area, United States

23 April–11 July 1985 Internet culture & public spectacleThe New Coke BacklashCoca-Cola headquarters and national product launch, United States

13 May 1985 Political unrestThe 1985 MOVE BombingOsage Avenue MOVE bombing and fire area, United States

28 January 1986 Engineering failuresThe Space Shuttle Challenger DisasterKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B, United States

27 September 1986 Internet culture & public spectacleBalloonfest '86Public Square balloon launch area, United States

June–November 1988 FiresThe Yellowstone Fires of 1988Yellowstone National Park fire landscape, United States

24 March 1989 Engineering failuresThe Exxon Valdez Oil SpillBligh Reef grounding site and Prince William Sound spill area, United States

17 October 1989 Engineering failuresThe Cypress Street Viaduct CollapseCypress Street Viaduct collapse zone and memorial park, United States

25 March 1990 FiresThe Happy Land Social Club FireFormer Happy Land Social Club site, United States

19–23 October 1991 FiresThe 1991 Oakland Hills FirestormFire origin slope above 7151 Buckingham Boulevard, United States

29 April–4 May 1992 Political unrestThe 1992 Los Angeles UprisingFlorence and Normandie flashpoint within a citywide uprising, United States

21–31 August 1992 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Ruby Ridge SiegeRuby Ridge standoff area, United States

28 February–19 April 1993 Political unrestThe Waco SiegeMount Carmel Center siege site, United States

March–April 1993 Epidemics & public healthThe Milwaukee Cryptosporidium OutbreakHoward Avenue Water Purification Plant service area, United States

April–October 1993 Natural disastersThe Great Flood of 1993Mississippi–Missouri river flood region, United States

17 January 1994 Natural disastersThe 1994 Northridge EarthquakeUSGS epicenter beneath the San Fernando Valley, United States

19 April 1995 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Oklahoma City BombingAlfred P. Murrah Federal Building and National Memorial, United States

17 July 1996 Transportation & maritimeThe Crash of TWA Flight 800Atlantic Ocean crash area south of East Moriches, United States

27 July 1996 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Centennial Olympic Park BombingCentennial Olympic Park bombing site, United States

22–26 March 1997 Historic crimes & investigationsThe Heaven's Gate Mass DeathRancho Santa Fe residence area, United States

30 November–3 December 1999 Social movementsThe 1999 WTO Protests in SeattleWashington State Convention Center protest zone, United States

11 September 2001 Historic crimes & investigationsThe September 11 Attacks at the World Trade CenterWorld Trade Center attack and memorial site, United States

18 September–November 2001 Historic crimes & investigationsThe 2001 Anthrax Letter AttacksBrentwood mail-processing facility and national letter route, United States

1 February 2003 Engineering failuresThe Space Shuttle Columbia DisasterColumbia debris field and memorial region, United States

20 February 2003 FiresThe Station Nightclub FireThe Station nightclub site and memorial park, United States

14–16 August 2003 Engineering failuresThe Northeast Blackout of 2003FirstEnergy control area and interconnected blackout region, United States

29 August 2005 Natural disastersHurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Levee FailuresNew Orleans levee-failure and inundation landscape, United States

31 January 2007 Internet culture & public spectacleThe Boston Mooninite Bomb ScareBoston metropolitan guerrilla-marketing response area, United States

1 August 2007 Engineering failuresThe I-35W Mississippi River Bridge CollapseI-35W bridge collapse and memorial site, United States

12 September 2008 Transportation & maritimeThe 2008 Chatsworth Train CollisionVentura Subdivision milepost 444.123 near tunnel 28, United States

15 September 2008 Financial crisesThe Collapse of Lehman BrothersFormer Lehman Brothers global headquarters, United States

20 April–19 September 2010 Engineering failuresThe Deepwater Horizon DisasterMacondo well and Deepwater Horizon wreck site, United States

9 September 2010 Engineering failuresThe San Bruno Pipeline Rupture and FireLine 132 rupture at Earl Avenue and Glenview Drive, United States

22 May 2011 Natural disastersThe Joplin TornadoJoplin EF5 tornado damage path, United States

6 August 2012 Engineering failuresThe 2012 Chevron Richmond Refinery FireNo. 4 Crude Unit, Chevron Richmond Refinery, United States

29 October–November 2012 Natural disastersHurricane Sandy in New YorkNew York Harbor surge and city inundation area, United States

17 April 2013 Engineering failuresThe West Fertilizer Company ExplosionWest Fertilizer Company explosion site, United States

22 March 2014 Natural disastersThe Oso LandslideState Route 530 landslide and Steelhead Haven area, United States

25 April 2014–2016 Epidemics & public healthThe Flint Water CrisisFlint municipal water system and Flint River intake, United States

11–13 July 2014 Internet culture & public spectacleDashCon and the Ball Pit That Became the StoryRenaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, United States

22 July 2017 Internet culture & public spectacleThe Failed First Pokémon GO FestGrant Park Pokémon GO Fest site, United States

11–12 August 2017 Political unrestThe Unite the Right Rally in CharlottesvilleEmancipation Park and Fourth Street attack corridor, United States

13 January 2018 Engineering failuresThe Hawaii False Missile AlertHawaii Emergency Management Agency warning area, United States

8–25 November 2018 FiresThe Camp FireParadise Camp Fire destruction and evacuation area, United States

19–22 September 2019 Internet culture & public spectacleStorm Area 51: When the Joke Reached RachelRachel and the approaches to the Nevada Test and Training Range, United States

7 November 2020 Internet culture & public spectacleThe Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press ConferenceFour Seasons Total Landscaping, 7347 State Road, United States

13–19 February 2021 Engineering failuresThe 2021 Texas Power CrisisERCOT control region and statewide outage area, United States

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